Word Meaning 百姓

ひゃくしょう hyakushou

百姓 is read as ひゃくしょう (hyakushou) and means farming.

Meaning

English

  1. farming
  2. the common people
  3. farmer
  4. peasant
  5. country bumpkin

Reading

Kana

ひゃくしょう

Romaji

hyakushou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 6655 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

百姓家

ひゃくしょうや

farmer's home

百姓読み

ひゃくしょうよみ

nonstandard reading of a kanji

本百姓

ほんびゃくしょう

freeholding farmer

被官百姓

ひかんびゃくしょう

serf

小百姓

こびゃくしょう

peasant

ど百姓

どびゃくしょう

dirt-poor farmer

どん百姓

どんびゃくしょう

dirt-poor farmer

百姓一揆

ひゃくしょういっき

peasant uprising (Edo period)

水呑百姓

みずのみびゃくしょう

poor peasant

お百姓さん

おひゃくしょうさん

farmer

百貨店

ひゃっかてん

department store

百億

ひゃくおく

10,000,000,000

Example Sentences

3

The farmer employed five new workers.

For the peasant, fruits are more important than flowers.

One of the characteristics of the Ancien Régime is that almost everybody had privileges, except peasants.