層
floor, layer, social class, story, stratum
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
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Grade:6
Strokes:14
JLPT:2
Frequency:801
Vocabulary
ソウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 階層 | カイソウ | class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy |
| 高層 | コウソウ | high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried; tall; high (altitude); upper (atmosphere, air current, etc.) |
| 上層 | ジョウソウ | upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above |
| 深層 | シンソウ | depths; deep level |
| 成層圏 | セイソウケン | stratosphere |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一層 | いっそう | even more; still more; all the more; more than ever; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner; preferably |
| 一層の事 | いっそのこと | rather; sooner; preferably |
| ローム層 | ロームそう | stratum of loam |
| 真珠層 | しんじゅそう | mother-of-pearl |
| 層 | そう | layer; stratum; seam; bed; class; stratum; bracket; group; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building) |
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