身み分ぶん制せい度ど

noun

class system; social hierarchy

Refers to a structured social hierarchy where people are divided into distinct classes or ranks, often based on birth, occupation, or legal status. Commonly used in historical or sociological contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの身み分ぶん制せい度どは、武ぶ士し、農のう民みん、職しょく人にん、商しょう人にんに分わかれていた。

  The class system of the Edo period was divided into samurai, farmers, artisans, and merchants.

• 身み分ぶん制せい度どが厳きびしい社しゃ会かいでは、生うまれによって人じん生せいが決きまることが多おおい。

  In societies with a strict class system, one's life is often determined by birth.