六公四民

ろくこうよんみん

land-tax rate during the Edo period (the government took 60 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 40 percent)

四民

しみん

the four social classes (samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants), the masses

公民

こうみん

citizen, freemen

四分六

しぶろく

six to four ratio, sixty-forty

四六判

しろくばん よんろくばん

paper size (127x188mm), duodecimo

公地公民

こうちこうみん

complete state ownership of land and citizens (proclaimed by the Taika reforms) (Ritsuryo period)

公民館

こうみんかん

public hall, community center, community centre

公民権

こうみんけん

civil rights, franchise, citizenship

自公民

じこうみん

Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito and Democratic Socialist Party

公民科

こうみんか

(subject of) civics

公民学

こうみんがく

civics

六十四卦

ろくじゅうしけ

the 64 hexagrams (of the Book of Changes)

四六時中

しろくじちゅう

around the clock, day and night

六道四生

ろくどうししょう

four kinds of birth in the six destinies

四民平等

しみんびょうどう

equality for the four classes (early Meiji-period slogan)

人民公社

じんみんこうしゃ

(in China) people's commune

五公五民

ごこうごみん

land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took half of the year's crop and the farmers kept the other half

世界公民

せかいこうみん

citizen of the world, world citizen

公民生活

こうみんせいかつ

national life