身み分ぶん意い識しき

noun

status consciousness; awareness of one's social standing

Refers to a person's awareness of their own social rank or class, and the attitudes or behaviors that result from it.

• 彼かれは身み分ぶん意い識しきが強つよく、いつも上うえから目め線せんで話はなす。

  He has a strong sense of social status and always talks down to people.

• 身み分ぶん意い識しきの高たかい社しゃ会かいでは、階かい級きゅう間かんの交こう流りゅうが少すくない。

  In a society with high status consciousness, there is little interaction between classes.