How to say "manor" in Japanese

• 荘園しょうえんCommon
  nounThe common word for 'manor' as a large landed estate under a lord, especially the medieval estates of Japanese aristocrats and temples; it also covers 'demesne', land a lord keeps for his own use.
• 荘しょう
  noun, noun (suffix)A less common word that can mean either a manor or a villa. For the manor sense it is seldom the word you want on its own; 荘園 is the common word for that.

Choose 荘園 for 'manor' as a large landed estate under a lord — the common word, also covering 'demesne'; 荘 is a less common alternative that also means 'villa' and is seldom used alone for 'manor'.

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• 荘園しょうえんmanor
• 荘しょうmanor