noun
petit bourgeois; petty bourgeois
Refers to the lower middle class, especially small business owners and shopkeepers, often with a nuance of conventional or narrow-minded values. Compare プチブルジョア, a more colloquial abbreviation.
See also: プチブルジョア
彼は小ブルジョアの出身で、両親は小さな店を営んでいた。
He comes from a petit bourgeois background; his parents ran a small shop.
小ブルジョア的な考え方から抜け出せない。
I can't break free from a petty bourgeois way of thinking.