身み分ぶん制せい

noun

class system; status system

Abbreviation of 身分制度. Refers to a social system where people are divided into hereditary classes or status groups, especially in historical contexts.

See also: 身分制度

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの身み分ぶん制せいは武ぶ士しを頂ちょう点てんとしていた。

  The class system of the Edo period placed warriors at the top.

• 身み分ぶん制せいの廃はい止しは近きん代だい化かの重じゅう要ような一いっ歩ぽだった。

  The abolition of the class system was an important step toward modernization.