労ろう働どう階かい級きゅう

noun

working class

Refers to the social class of people who work for wages, especially in manual or industrial jobs. Often used in discussions of social structure, labor movements, and economic inequality.

• 労ろう働どう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ている。

  The living standards of the working class are gradually improving.

• 彼かれは労ろう働どう階かい級きゅうの出しゅっ身しんだが、今いまでは会かい社しゃの社しゃ長ちょうだ。

  He comes from a working-class background, but now he is the president of a company.