中流

ちゅうりゅう
mid-stream
middle course
middle class

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ちゅうりゅう【中流】

①［川］

midstream

〖U〗流れの中ほど.

②［階級］

¶ → 中流の

¶ → 中流階級

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ちゅうりゅう【中流】

1 〔川幅の中央〕 midstream; 〔上流･下流に対して〕 the middle reaches [courses].

●この川を下って[上って]中流のところに小さな村がある. There is a small village halfway down [up] the river.

●中流は川幅が広い. The river is broad in its middle course.

2 〔社会の〕 the middle class(es).

●中流の家庭 a middle-class family.

中流意識 middle-class consciousness; one's sense of belonging to the middle class.

中流階級 〔人々〕 middle-class people; members of the middle class; the middle classes.