奴隷制度

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
れい
Grade: S
せい
Grade: 5

Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 奴隷(どれい) (dorei, slave) + 制度(せいど) (seido, system).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

()(れい)(せい)() (dorei seido

  1. slavery (as a system or establishment; never as a state of being a slave)

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN