上じょう層そう建けん築ちく

noun

superstructure; upper stories

Refers to the part of a building above the foundation or ground floor; also used in Marxist theory for the cultural/institutional superstructure built on an economic base.

• この建たて物ものの上じょう層そう建けん築ちくは鉄てっ骨こつでできている。

  The superstructure of this building is made of steel.

• マルクス主しゅ義ぎでは、上じょう層そう建けん築ちくは経けい済ざい的てき土ど台だいの上うえに立たつ。

  In Marxism, the superstructure stands on the economic base.