Word Meaning 四民平等

しみんびょうどう shimimbyoudou

四民平等 is read as しみんびょうどう (shimimbyoudou) and means equality for the four classes (early Meiji-period slogan).

Meaning

English

equality for the four classes (early Meiji-period slogan)

Reading

Kana

しみんびょうどう

Romaji

shimimbyoudou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 72683 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

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四民

しみん

the four social classes (of Edo-period Japan; samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants)

四公六民

しこうろくみん

land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60%

四等官

しとうかん

four administrative positions (of the ritsuryō system: kami, suke, jou, sakan)

平等

びょうどう

equality

不平等

ふびょうどう

inequality

法の下の平等

ほうのもとのびょうどう

equality before the law

男女平等

だんじょびょうどう

gender equality

悪平等

あくびょうどう

misguided equality

ジェンダー平等

じぇんだーびょうどう

gender equality

経済的不平等

けいざいてきふびょうどう

economic inequality

平民

へいみん

commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)

六公四民

ろくこうよんみん

land-tax rate during the Edo period (the government took 60 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 40 percent)