Vocabulary

What does 封建 (ほうけん, houken) mean?

封建 (ほうけん, houken) means feudal, feudalism.

Quick facts
Reading	ほうけん
Romaji	houken
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)	N1

封建ほうけん

N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkhouken

feudal, feudalism

Example sentences

彼(かれ)の考(かんが)え方(かた)はまだ封建的(ほうけんてき)だ。
His way of thinking is still feudalistic.
江戸(えど)時代(じだい)は封建(ほうけん)社会(しゃかい)だった。
The Edo period was a feudal society.

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