荘園（しょうえん）
JLPT N1 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, then stays high with no drop
Meaning: feudal manor / estate
Example sentences
- 昔、貴族が荘園を持っていた。 — In the old days, the nobility owned private estates called shoen.
- 荘園の仕組みを歴史で学ぶ。 — I'm learning about the shoen estate system in history class.
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