中ちゅう流りゅう

noun

middle reaches of a river; midstream; middle course

Used for the middle part of a river or stream, between 上流 and 下流; depending on context it can also refer to being in the middle of the current.

• この川かわの中ちゅう流りゅうには小ちいさな町まちが点てん在ざいしている。

  Small towns are scattered along the middle reaches of this river.

• ボートは川かわの中ちゅう流りゅうまで流ながされた。

  The boat was carried out into the middle of the stream.

noun

middle class

Refers to a middle social or economic stratum, as in 中流家庭 or 中流階級. It contrasts naturally with 上流 and 下流 in social-class contexts.

• 彼かの女じょは中ちゅう流りゅう家か庭ていで育そだった。

  She grew up in a middle-class family.

• 多おおくの人ひとが中ちゅう流りゅうの暮くらしを望のぞんでいた。

  Many people hoped for a middle-class life.