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warichi

warichi noun: the redistribution of arable land that became common during the early modern era (seventeenth to nineteenth centuries) in Japan.

Noun

warichi (uncountable)

  1. (historical) The redistribution of arable land that became common during the early modern era (seventeenth to nineteenth centuries) in Japan.
    • Villages which practiced warichi periodically reassigned land to local farmers.

Origin of warichi

Borrowed from Japanese 割地 (warichi), itself made of 割る (waru, “to divide”) and 地 (chi, “earth”).

Questions about warichi

What does warichi mean?
Warichi means the redistribution of arable land that became common during the early modern era (seventeenth to nineteenth centuries) in Japan.
What part of speech is warichi?
Warichi is a noun.

Words near warichi in the dictionary

  1. Warialda Rail
  2. wariangle
  3. wariangles
  4. warias
  5. waribashi
  6. warichi
  7. waridashi
  8. warier
  9. wariest
  10. warikahnite
  11. warily

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