Illustration: Outside a textile mill, its prosperous owner steps from a horse-drawn carriage in a tailored suit while an attendant holds his coat. Across the entrance court, a group of mill workers in practical cotton clothing carry lunch bundles toward the factory beside their modest dormitory.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

階かい級きゅう

kaikyuu

social class

Example sentences

彼かれは中流ちゅうりゅう階級かいきゅうの出しゅつだ。
He comes from the middle class.
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彼かれは階級かいきゅう差別さべつの廃止はいしを主張しゅちょうした。
He advocated abolishing class distinctions.
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彼かれは上流じょうりゅう階級かいきゅうの人ひとだ。
He belongs to the upper class.
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Kanji in 階級

階storey; stairOnカイKunきざはし
級class; rankOnキュウ

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