Word Meaning 階級

かいきゅう kaikyuu

階級 is read as かいきゅう (kaikyuu) and means (social) class.

Meaning

English

  1. (social) class
  2. rank
  3. grade

Reading

Kana

かいきゅう

Romaji

kaikyuu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 2832 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

階級闘争

かいきゅうとうそう

class struggle

階級政党

かいきゅうせいとう

class party

階級制度

かいきゅうせいど

class system

階級性

かいきゅうせい

class system

階級差別

かいきゅうさべつ

classism

階級意識

かいきゅういしき

class consciousness

階級社会

かいきゅうしゃかい

class society

階級章

かいきゅうしょう

rank insignia

中産階級

ちゅうさんかいきゅう

middle class

市民階級

しみんかいきゅう

middle class

第三階級

だいさんかいきゅう

the third estate

資本家階級

しほんかかいきゅう

capitalist class

Example Sentences

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He belongs to the upper class.

He comes from the middle class.

He belongs to the upper class.

Mr Brown belongs to the upper class.

He advocated abolishing class distinctions.

Respect is due to the proletariat.

America likes to believe that it's a classless society.

Karl Marx says, "The history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggles."

Japan's problem has been that she has continued to view international relations as an extension of her hierarchical interpersonal relations at home.