This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

階層

Reading

Kana: かいそう
Romaji: kaisou
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy

Kanji

Readings: カイ、 きざはし
Meanings: storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building
Reading: ソウ
Meanings: stratum, social class, layer, story, floor

Example Sentences

階層(かいそう)問題(もんだい)(たい)する、消費(しょうひ)社会論(しゃかいろん)(ちょ)である。
➥It is a literary work confronting the class problem of a consumer society.
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野球(やきゅう)への興味(きょうみ)はわが(くに)ではあらゆる階層(かいそう)年齢(ねんれい)にわたっている。
➥Interest in baseball cuts across classes and ages in this country.
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