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中流

Reading

Kana: ちゅうりゅう
Romaji: chūryū
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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mid-stream; middle course; middle class

Kanji

Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
Readings: リュウ、 ル、 なが.れる、 なが.れ、 なが.す、 -なが.す
Meanings: current, a sink, flow, forfeit

Example Sentences

(かれ)中流(ちゅうりゅう)階級(かいきゅう)(しゅつ)だ。
➥He comes from the middle class.
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中流(ちゅうりゅう)階級(かいきゅう)(なか)には貧困(ひんこん)階級(かいきゅう)転落(てんらく)した(ひと)がいます。
➥Some of the members of the middle class have fallen into poverty.
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アメリカの典型的(てんけいてき)中流(ちゅうりゅう)階級(かいきゅう)()まれた(あか)(ぼう)は、病院(びょういん)から(もど)ってくると自分用(じぶんよう)部屋(へや)自分用(じぶんよう)のベッドに()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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あの(とう)はいつも中流(ちゅうりゅう)階級(かいきゅう)迎合(げいごう)しています。
➥That party is always pandering to the middle class.
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彼女(かのじょ)収入(しゅうにゅう)では下層(かそう)中流(ちゅうりゅう)階級(かいきゅう)生活(せいかつ)(つづ)けるのがやっとだった。
➥Her income barely maintained her in the lower middle class.
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しかし、アメリカ同様(どうよう)日本(にっぽん)中流(ちゅうりゅう)階級(かいきゅう)平均的(へいきんてき)収入(しゅうにゅう)人々(ひとびと)圧倒的(あっとうてき)多数(たすう)()める(くに)なので、(つま)たちはメイドを(やと)わず、自分(じぶん)(なに)もかもに(はげ)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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