中 層(ちゅうそう)

ちゅうそう

noun

middle layer; mid-rise; middle stratum

1. middle layer; middle levels

The middle of several layers, in the air, the sea, the earth, or a building's floors.

Mid-level clouds are spreading.

This fish lives in the middle depths of the sea.

Fossils were found in the middle strata, revealing what the environment was like then.

2. mid-rise (building)

Of a building: of medium height, in Japan roughly three to five stories.

中層(ちゅうそう)マンションに住(す)む。

I live in a mid-rise condominium.

Mid-rise buildings line the area in front of the station.

Mid-rise housing fits the local landscape better than high-rises.

3. middle stratum (of society)

The middle class or middle level of a society or organization.

Middle-class households have increased.

Society's middle stratum is thinning.

What drove economic growth was spending by a large middle stratum.

Part of a three-way set: 上層(じょうそう) (upper), 中層(ちゅうそう) (middle), 下層(かそう) (lower). For buildings the set is 低層(ていそう), 中層(ちゅうそう), 高層(こうそう), 超高層(ちょうこうそう).

中間層(ちゅうかんそう)・中流(ちゅうりゅう): the middle class; more common than SENSE 3 in everyday speech

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Added 2026.10.14 21:21 · Revised 2026.10.19 10:13

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