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生せい活かつは想そう像ぞうもつかない。

  I can't even imagine the life of the upper class.