労ろう働どう者しゃ階かい級きゅう

noun

working class

Refers to the social class of people who work for wages, especially in manual or industrial labor. Often contrasted with 資本家階級 (capitalist class).

See also: 資本家階級

• 彼かれは労ろう働どう者しゃ階かい級きゅうの出しゅっ身しんだ。

  He comes from a working-class background.

• 労ろう働どう者しゃ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た。

  The living standards of the working class gradually improved.