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階級 (かいきゅう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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The working class expanded during the Industrial Revolution.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 が 〈 階かい 級きゅう 〉 に 属ぞく する to belong to a (social) class
He belongs to the upper class.
階かい 級きゅう が 上あ がる for one's rank or grade to rise
He got promoted and his rank went up.
〈 階かい 級きゅう 〉 を 撤てっ 廃ぱい する to abolish class distinctions
The country tried to abolish class distinctions.
Kanji 階 storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building Related words· 10 身分 focuses on a person's social status or legal standing, while 階級 emphasizes their position within a broader class system.
地位 refers to an individual's position or standing, whereas 階級 denotes a formal rank or class within a structured hierarchy.
等級 is used for grades on a quality or rating scale, while 階級 is the more common term for social class or organizational rank.
階級 emphasizes a broad social or economic class, while 位 focuses on an individual's specific standing or rank.
Show 6 more 階級 emphasizes 'class' in a social or economic sense with a fixed ranking, whereas 階層 can refer to any layered structure, including abstract or technical ones.
階級 is the general term for a weight or rank class, while ミドル級 names one specific class (middleweight) within that system.
階級 is the standard term for a fixed social class or rank, while 層 more loosely describes a demographic bracket or group defined by shared traits like age or income.
Word family· 33 class system; class-based nature
rank insignia; badge of rank
upper class; high society
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound written with 階, associated with steps or levels, and 級, associated with grade or class; together they express a level, rank, or class within a hierarchy.
カースト
階級 is a general term for class or rank in any society, while カースト specifically evokes the Indian caste system or a similarly rigid, birth-based hierarchy.
階級 refers to a social or organizational class or stratum, whereas 序列 focuses on the ordering itself rather than the group divisions.
階級 is a formal term for social class or rank, while クラス is a more general, casual word that can also mean class in that sense.
上じょう 流りゅう 階かい 級きゅう
lower classes; proletariat
Show 5 more middle class
middle class; bourgeoisie
working class
working class; salaried class
middle class; bourgeoisie
