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階かい級きゅう
Meanings
Noun
1. (social) class
2. rank; grade
Kanji used
階
floor (of a building)
級
class
Pitch accent
か
いきゅう
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Used in: 1275
Composed of
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
Used in vocabulary (32 in total)
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
noble class; nobility
privileged class
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Examples (4 in total)
Does a uniform eliminate class difference?
He despises people of a lower social class.
America likes to claim that it is a "classless" society.
He was raised to the rank of colonel two years ago.