上じょう流りゅう階かい級きゅう

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

upper class; the elite

Refers to the social class with high status, wealth, and influence. Often used in sociological or descriptive contexts.

• 彼かれは上じょう流りゅう階かい級きゅうの出しゅっ身しんだ。

  He comes from an upper-class family.

• 上じょう流りゅう階かい級きゅうの