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JLPT N2
Grade 6

Meanings

stratum
social class
layer
story
floor

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ソウ

Common Words

Freq #4532
1

Common noun; Noun, used as a suffix

layer; stratum; seam; bed

Examples
洪水のあとに粘土のが残った。
The flood deposited a layer of mud.
2

Common noun; Noun, used as a suffix

class; stratum; bracket; group

Examples
多くの会社が市場の金持ちを獲得しようと競争している。
Many firms are competing for the wealthier segment of the market.
3

Common noun; Noun, used as a suffix; Mathematics

sheaf

4

Counter

counter for stories (of a building)

っそう
Freq #5118
1

Adverb (fukushi)

even more; still more; all the more; more than ever

Examples
今まで以上にいっそう勉強に励みなさい。
You should study even more than before.
2

Common noun

one layer

3

Common noun

lowest floor (of a building)

4

Obsolete term; Adverb (fukushi)

rather; sooner; preferably

大層
大そう
Usually kana
Freq #7063
1

Adverb (fukushi)

very; extremely; exceedingly; greatly; terribly

Examples
これはたいそう快適な暖炉ですね。
This is a very nice fireplace.
2

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

extreme; excessive; great many; large number of

3

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

splendid; impressive; tremendous; immense

4

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

exaggerated

いそう
Noun
Freq #8827
1

class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy

Examples
階層問題に対する、消費社会論の著である。
It is a literary work confronting the class problem of a consumer society.
ょうそうぶ
Noun
Freq #9548
1

top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile

いっその事
一層の事
Adverb
Usually kana
Freq #10388
1

rather; sooner; preferably

Examples
いっそのこと初めから家にいたほうがよかった。
With all that we might have been better off just to have stayed home.
よりいっそう
Expression
Freq #11944
1

Adverb (fukushi)

still more; even more; much more; all the more; further

Examples
彼女には欠点があるから僕はより一層彼女が好きだ。
I love her all the more for her faults.
2

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

increased; greater

さいかそう
Noun
Freq #16018
1

bottom layer; undermost layer

2

lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste

そう
Noun
~の Adj.
Freq #17463
1

lower layer; layer beneath

Examples
彼女の収入では下層中流階級の生活を続けるのがやっとだった。
Her income barely maintained her in the lower middle class.
2

lower strata (classes)

ょうそう
Noun
Freq #18976
1

upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above

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