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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

底てい辺へん

teihen

bottom of a social ranking

This use can sound disparaging when applied to people. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. スクールカーストの底辺ていへん

    the bottom of the pecking order: treated like trash among schoolmates

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. 同様どうように底辺ていへん校こうから急成長きゅうせいちょうした例れいとして東大寺学園とうだいじがくえんとよく比較ひかくされる。

    Though often compared with Todai-ji Gakuen, it is also known as a fast-growing school from the lower rank.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 収入しゅうにゅうだけで人ひとを社会しゃかいの底辺ていへんと決きめつけてはいけない。

    You shouldn’t label people as being at the bottom of society based only on their income.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 底辺

  • 底bottom; soleOnテイKunそこ
  • 辺environs; boundaryOnヘンKunあたり・ほとり

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