| As a result, they deliberately devastated the myoden, and linked themselves to the great and powerful (dominant nobility or dominant temples and shrines) by becoming their yoriudo (a dependent, frequently one who served a noble house or proprietor) to embark on reclamation of the run-down fields with them. |
そのため、故意に名田を荒廃させ、権門勢家（有力貴族・有力寺社）の寄人となることでこれらと結びついて、荒田の開発に乗り出すようになった。 |