Vocabulary

feudal

封建(ほうけん)

B2 · Upper-intermediate Rare

Samraworld Dictionary

(1) Adjective

related to a historical system in which land and power were controlled by lords and vassals

領主(りょうしゅ)と家臣(かしん)が土地(とち)と権力(けんりょく)を支配(しはい)していた歴史(れきし)的(てき)な制度(せいど)に関係(かんけい)すること。

Examples

  1. Kawagoe still feels like a feudal town in some places.
  2. Feudal society was very different from modern society.

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