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)

自公民

じこうみん

Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito and Democratic Socialist Party

公民権

こうみんけん

civil rights, franchise, citizenship

公民館

こうみんかん

public hall, community center, community centre

公民科

こうみんか

(subject of) civics

公民学

こうみんがく

civics

四六時中

しろくじちゅう

around the clock, day and night

六十四卦

ろくじゅうしけ

the 64 hexagrams (of the Book of Changes)

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)

公民学校

こうみんがっこう

citizenship training school

人民公社

じんみんこうしゃ

(in China) people's commune

公民生活

こうみんせいかつ

national life

公民教育

こうみんきょういく

civic or citizenship education