租税|そぜいsozei[0]heiban (flat)

1. nountaxes; taxation

• Synonym税金ぜいきんNeutralThe everyday word, by far the most common; 「租税」 leans legal and fiscal, a blanket term for taxes levied by national and local governments.
• SynonymタックスNeutralLoanword for tax, used mostly in compounds such as 「タックスヘイブン」.
• Synonym公租こうそWrittenPublic tax levied by the state or a local government; rare in writing, and usually paired with 「公課」.
• Synonym税ぜいNeutralMostly forms compounds like 「消費税」 and 「所得税」; on its own it leans written.
• Related公課こうかWrittenPublic charges other than taxes, such as fees and contributions; administrative in flavour, often as 「公租公課」.
• Related賦税ふぜいWrittenDated literary word for taxation, found mainly in historical accounts.

Everyday speech uses 「税金」; in legal and fiscal contexts the umbrella term is 「租税」, as in 「租税制度」「租税条約」. Name specific taxes with 「〜税」, and call property-related burdens 「公租公課」. 「タックス」 shows up in loanword compounds; 「賦税」 is dated, historical.

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1. 租そと税ぜい。
2. 国くにや地方公共団体ちほうこうきょうだんたいが住民じゅうみんから強制的きょうせいてきに徴収ちょうしゅうする金かね。