勤きん労ろう階かい級きゅう

noun

working class; salaried class

Refers to people who earn their living through labor, often contrasted with the capitalist or leisure class. Can carry a slightly Marxist or sociological tone.

• 勤きん労ろ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.

• 彼かれは勤きん労ろ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を経けい営えいしている。

  He comes from a working-class background, but now he runs a company.