Meaning
封建 (ほうけん, houken) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “feudalistic”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
あの会社はまだ封建的だ
That company is still feudalistic.
日本は昔封建主義だった
Japan was feudal in old times.
彼を「サー」と呼ぶのは少し封建的に思える。
It seems a bit feudal to call him "sir".
同時に封建された貴族は君主の名目的な支配下に入る。
At the same time, the authorized nobility falls under the control of the monarchy.
開国以来日本は封建社会から近代国家へとめざましい変貌を遂げた.
After opening her doors to the West, Japan underwent a remarkable metamorphosis from a feudal society to a modern industrialized nation.
だが、目安箱は本質的に封建制度の下で将軍が設置したものである。
However, meyasubako was originally established by a shogun under the feudal system.
こうした家元による封建的・世襲支配構造など、非常に共通点が多い。
These and the iemoto system have a lot in common, such as how the feudal and hereditary governance structure headed by iemoto.
中国王朝でおこなわれた封建制は君主が貴族に領域支配を名目的に認める制度。
In the Hoken system operated under Chinese dynasties, a monarchy nominally authorizes the nobility to rule the domain.
啓蒙的な思想家が封建的な思想や習慣を否定し、西洋の政治制度、文物を紹介した。
Enlightened thinkers denied feudal thoughts and customs, and introduced Western political systems and products of culture.
西洋の法的な封建制度であるレーエン制とは異なり、軍事奉仕を期待するものではない。
Unlike the fiefdom, the Western legal Hoken system, no military duties were expected.
文明開化を経て封建主義や鎖国の影響も影をひそめ、欧米から近代文化がどっと流入する。
After civilization and enlightenment, the influence of feudalism and national isolation seemed to disappear and modern culture flooded into Japan from Western countries.
終戦後、今度は封建的で民主主義に合わないとの理由で連合国軍最高司令官総司令部による規制が始まる。
And then, after the war, the General Headquarters of the Allied Powers began to regulate Kabuki for the reason that it was feudalistic and not suitable for democracy.