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租: tax

tax; levy; lease
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Readings

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そ: 租税(そぜい) "taxes", 租借(そしゃく) "lease (of territory)", 租界(そかい) "foreign concession", 地租(ちそ) "land tax".

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Key words

租税そぜいtaxes
租借そしゃくlease (of territory)
租界そかいforeign concession
地租ちそland tax

Example sentences

The state collects taxes from its people and builds roads and schools.

In old Shanghai there were districts called concessions where foreigners lived.

In the Meiji period, the government had landowners pay a land tax, based on the land's value, in cash.

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