階層|かいそうkaisou[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounclass; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
   階層かいそう問題もんだいに対たいする、消費しょうひ社会しゃかい論ろんの著ちょである。↗

   It is a literary work confronting the class problem of a consumer society.

• SynonymレベルNeutralLoanword for the height of a level or grade; common in speech. 「階層」 stresses the layered structure itself and social strata.
• Synonym階級かいきゅうWrittenWritten word for social classes or military ranks, as in 「階級社会」; stresses status differences between upper and lower. 「階層」 points to groups of similar standing.
• SynonymクラスNeutralLoanword for a school class or a tier of service, as in 「ファーストクラス」. 「階層」 focuses on social strata and layered structures.
• SynonymレイヤーNeutralLoanword for layers, mainly image layers in software and on the web. 「階層」 also covers building floors and social strata.
• Synonym層そうNeutralMeans a layer or stratum and often works as a suffix, as in 「富裕層」「若年層」. 「階層」 stresses the whole structure built of stacked layers.
• Related段階だんかいWrittenRead 「きざはし」: stairs or the steps before a noh stage; a literary, rarely used word. Its sense of steps differs from the layers and strata of 「階層」.
• RelatedグレードNeutralLoanword for the grade or quality tier of products and services, as in 「グレードアップ」. Not normally used for social strata.
• Related立場たちばNeutralRefers to the position, situation or viewpoint of an individual. 「階層」 is the shared social standing of a whole group of people.
• Related水準すいじゅんWrittenWritten word for a standard or level, as in 「生活水準」; focuses on how high or low something is. 「階層」 is about layering of people or structure.
• Related地位ちいNeutralAn individual's position in society or an organization, as in 「社会的地位」. 「階層」 is the whole group of people who share a similar status.
• Related次元じげんNeutralMeans dimension, and by extension a layer or aspect, as in 「次元が違う」. 「階層」 is a vertically layered structure or social strata.
• Related格かくNeutralRefers to a person's or thing's grade or standing, as in 「格が違う」「格上」. 「階層」 is social stratification or the tiers of a structure.
• Related等級とうきゅうNeutralA grade assigned by evaluation, as in 「一等級」; also used for stellar magnitude. 「階層」 stresses the layering of society or a structure.
• Related段位だんいNeutralDan ranks in go, shogi or the martial arts; limited to grades of skill. Unlike 「階層」, it has nothing to do with social stratification.
• Related序列じょれつWrittenWritten word for ranking order or seniority order, as in 「年功序列」. 「階層」 stresses the layers themselves, not their sequence.
• RelatedヒエラルキーNeutralLoanword for a pyramid-shaped hierarchy, with a sociological flavor. 「階層」 just says layers exist, without necessarily implying top-down control.

Use 「階層」 for layered structures or social strata, as in 「社会階層」「階層構造」. For social classes pick 「階級」, for levels of attainment 「レベル」 or 「水準」, for image layers 「レイヤー」, and for ranking order 「序列」.

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1. 建物たてものの階きざはしの重かさなり。
2. 社会しゃかいを構成こうせいする人々ひとびとを職業しょくぎょう・学歴がくれき・財産ざいさん・年齢ねんれいなどの基準きじゅんで分わけた、社会的しゃかいてき・経済的けいざいてき地位ちいなどがほぼ等ひとしい人々ひとびとの集団しゅうだん。