Anyone else slightly disturbed that tax payer’s money is called 血税 (blood tax).
What was going on when this word was made??
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It’s a word my (taxpaying) girlfriend hasn’t heard before, and the definition makes it sound quite extreme, not just any old taxes.
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I have a JJ dictionary for kids, it says
けつぜい「血税」血を流すような苦労をしておさめる税金。 例 国民の血税。
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Off topic but could someone tell me what this means?
Er. It’s how your pronounce 血税.
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The term also has an archiac meaning as “conscription.” And also in other languages, “blood tax” was a derogatory word used for military conscription. As in a tax paid by bloodshed.
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Dont know why I thought it was something else
Yeah, that’s just how Japanese dictionary entries are formatted. They first show the kana, and then they list any possible kanji forms.
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