noun

Messages.hist.
  1. terauke system, system established by the Edo shogunate that required citizens to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist (i.e. non-Christian) faith.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
寺請制度 てらうけせいど

Contained Kanji Breakdown

Buddhist temple
てら ジ (2nd, N2)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little
スン す みき (6th, N1)
solicit, invite, ask
ショウ セイ う.ける (8th, N1)
say, word
い.う こと ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
blue, green
あお セイ お (1st, N4)
life (生) variant
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
system, law, rule
セイ (5th, N3)
cow
うし ギュウ ご (2nd, N4)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
dry, parch, ebb
ひ.る カン ほ.す (6th, N2)
towel, hanging scroll, width
キン フク おお.い (11th)
knife, standing sword radical (no. 18)
トウ
degrees, occurrence, time
ド タク たび (3rd, N4)
dotted cliff radical (no. 53)
ゲン (Kentei 1)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
twenty
にじゅう ジュウ ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)