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中流階級 (ちゅうりゅうかいきゅう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

中ちゅう流りゅう階かい級きゅう

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Meanings

1

noun

Refers to the socioeconomic middle class, similar to English usage.

彼かれは中ちゅう流りゅう階かい級きゅうの家か庭ていに生うまれた。
He was born into a middle-class family.
中ちゅう流りゅう階かい級きゅうの生せい活かつ水すい準じゅん

は

徐じょ

々じょ

に

向こう

上じょう

し

て

いる

。

The standard of living for the middle class is gradually improving.

Kanji

中in, inside, middle
流current, a sink, flow
階storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building
級class, rank, grade

Similar words

上じょう流りゅう階かい級きゅう
Upper class, the socioeconomic class above 中流階級.
下か流りゅう階かい級きゅう
Lower class, the socioeconomic class below 中流階級.

Etymology

Compound of 中流 (middle stream, middle rank) and 階級 (class, rank).