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    3. 上層

    上層

    上じょう層そう

    upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys)

    KMT7News #17+1NounHome & HousingKanji Vocab17 strokes

    じょうそう

    Noun

    1.
    upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys), upper layer, layer above

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    雲くもの上じょう層そうはとても冷つめたい。

    The upper layer of the clouds is very cold.

    KMT5Nature & EnvironmentScience & Math
    ビルの上じょう層そう階かいからの眺ながめは素す晴ばらしい。

    The view from the upper floors of the building is wonderful.

    KMT7Home & HousingDaily Life
    このマンションの上じょう層そう階かいは、家や賃ちんがかなり高たかい。

    The rent for the upper floors of this apartment building is quite high.

    KMT7Home & HousingBusiness & Finance
    地ち球きゅうの大たい気きの上じょう層そうには、オゾン層そうが存そん在ざいする。

    The ozone layer exists in the upper atmosphere of the Earth.

    KMT7Science & MathNature & Environment
    組そ織しきの上じょう層そう部ぶが、その決けっ定ていを下くだした。

    The upper echelons of the organization made that decision.

    KMT8Work & CareerPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    上
    うえ・-うえ・うわ-・かみ・あ.げる・-あ.げる…(22)
    above・up
    層
    stratum・social class・layer・story・floor
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