かいきゅう
Meanings
Noun
1. (social) class
2. rank; grade
Pitch accent
いきゅう
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
proletariat; lower classes
middle class; bourgeoisie
intellectual class; educated class; intelligentsia
class society; class-based society; hierarchical society
class system; caste system; hierarchical system
class struggle; class warfare; class conflict
warrior class
class consciousness
the proletarian class
middle class; bourgeoisie
salaried class; working class
upper classes; high society
the propertied class; bourgeoisie
the fourth estate; the proletariat
classism; class discrimination
the leisured class
the third estate; the bourgeoisie
exploiting class; exploiting classes
wind velocity scale
seismic intensity scale
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.