Meaning of 中流 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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中流
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Kana Readingちゅうりゅう
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Romajichūryū
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- mid-stream; middle course; middle class
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Example Sentences
中流, ちゅうりゅう used in context
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Her income barely maintained her in the lower middle class.
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He comes from the middle class.
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Some of the members of the middle class have fallen into poverty.
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しかし、アメリカ同様日本も中流階級の平均的収入の人々が圧倒的多数を占める国なので、妻たちはメイドを雇わず、自分で何もかもに励む。
However, like America, Japan is predominantly a middle-class, middle-income country, and so wives do not employ maids, but attend to everything themselves.
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アメリカの典型的な中流階級に生まれた赤ん坊は、病院から戻ってくると自分用の部屋の自分用のベッドに寝かされる。
The typical middle-class American baby comes home from the hospital to sleep in his own bed in his own room.
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That party is always pandering to the middle class.
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Kanji found in this word
current, a sink, flow, forfeit
On: リュウ, ル
Kun: なが.れる, なが.れ, なが.す, -なが.す
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