上じょう層そう

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Meanings

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upper layer; upper stratum; upper level

Refers to a higher physical layer, social class, or organizational level. Common in contexts like geology, atmosphere, society, and building stories.

The ozone layer is in the upper layer of the atmosphere.

彼かれは社しゃ会かいの上じょう層そう階かい級きゅうに属ぞくしている。

He belongs to the upper class of society.

〈場ば所しょ〉の上じょう層そうthe upper layer/level of ~
大たい気きの上じょう層そうでは気き温おんが低ひくい。
In the upper atmosphere, the temperature is low.
社しゃ会かいの上じょう層そうに位い置ちするto occupy a position in the upper stratum of society
彼かれの一いち族ぞくは社しゃ会かいの上じょう層そうに位い置ちしていた。
His family occupied the upper stratum of society.

上じょう部ぶ
上層 emphasizes a stratified layer or hierarchical level (social, atmospheric, geological), while 上部 more simply means the upper part of something physical.
上じょう流りゅうN1
上層 refers broadly to an upper stratum or level (e.g. of an organization), whereas 上流 specifically means the wealthy, high-status class of society.

下か層そう
上層 refers to the upper layer or class, while 下層 refers to the lower layer or class.
底てい辺へん
上層 refers to the upper class or top layer of society, the opposite of 底辺, the lowest layer.

高こう層そうN2
上層 means an upper layer or class within a stratified structure, whereas 高層 describes physical height, as in a tall building (高層ビル).

Compound of 上 (upper) and 層 (layer, stratum). The reading is on'yomi.

上じょう層そう部ぶ

top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management

upper floor; upper storey

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