Japanese symbol for “intellectuals”
インテリ層
インテリそう
Romaji: interisou
intellectuals; intelligentsia; educated class
In Japanese, intellectuals is インテリ層, read インテリそう (interisou).
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Meanings
- n intellectuals; intelligentsia; educated class
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一層 | いっそう issou | even more; still more; all the more |
| 高層 | こうそう kousou | high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried |
| 階層 | かいそう kaisou | class; level; stratum |
| 上層 | じょうそう jousou | upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above |
| 断層 | だんそう dansou | fault; dislocation |
| 深層 | しんそう shinsou | depths; deep level |
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