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労働階級 (roudoukaikyuu) Japanese meaning: working class | Kotomora
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The living standards of the working class are gradually improving.
He comes from a working-class background, but now he is the president of a company.
Kanji 労 labor, thank for, reward for 階 storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building Related words 労ろう 働どう 者しゃ 階かい 級きゅう Synonym; 労働者階級 is slightly more explicit about 'workers' as a class, but both are used interchangeably.
中ちゅう 産さん 階かい 級きゅう Middle class; contrasts with 労働階級 in social hierarchy.
資し 本ほん 家か 階かい 級きゅう Capitalist class; the owning class opposed to the working class in Marxist theory.
Etymology Compound of 労働 (labor) and 階級 (class, rank). A straightforward modern term for the working class, likely influenced by Western social and economic concepts.
