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階層

かいそう

noun

Meanings

1class
2level
3stratum
4hierarchy

Example sentence

階層問題に対する、消費社会論の著である。

It is a literary work confronting the class problem of a consumer society.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

階Storey, Stair, Counter For Storeys Of A Building12 strokes 層Stratum, Social Class, Layer14 strokes

More words with 階

段階だんかい · gradationN2 二階にかい · second floor 階かい · storey 階級かいきゅう · classN1 階段かいだん · stairsN5

Full entry on Jisho

～階

～かい · counter for stories (floors) of a building

N5

一階いっかい · first floor

二階建てにかいだて · two-storied building

More words with 層

一層いっそう · much moreN3 高層こうそう · tallN2 大層たいそう · very muchN2 断層だんそう · fault 地層ちそう · stratum 年齢層ねんれいそう · age range 上層じょうそう · upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys)無党派層むとうはそう · unaffiliated voters

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