However, like America, Japan is predominantly a middle-class, middle-income country, and so wives do not employ maids, but attend to everything themselves.
Source: tatoeba (53661)
Middle-class
Synonyms for "middle-class" (19 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (9)
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5 entriesTranslations
14 translations across 7 languages.
Finnish
2 entries- keskiluokkainen adj (between the upper class and working class)
- keskiluokkainen adj (characteristic of the middle class)
German
1 entries- großbürgerlich adj (between the upper class and working class)
Irish
2 entries- meánaicmeach adj (between the upper class and working class)
- meánaicmeach adj (characteristic of the middle class)
Italian
2 entries- borghese adj (between the upper class and working class)
- borghese adj (characteristic of the middle class)
Macedonian
1 entries- среднокла́сен adj (between the upper class and working class)
Polish
2 entries- z klasy średniej adj (between the upper class and working class)
- z klasy średniej adj (characteristic of the middle class)
Spanish
4 entries- burgués adj (between the upper class and working class)
- clase media adj (between the upper class and working class)
- clasemediero adj (between the upper class and working class)
- de clase media adj (between the upper class and working class)
Sample sentences
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The typical middle-class American baby comes home from the hospital to sleep in his own bed in his own room.
Source: tatoeba (67562)
The increase in amateur stealing on the part of middle-class youth indicates a break-down in the morality of the affluent.
Source: tatoeba (1042525)
Mary comes from the upper middle-class.
Source: tatoeba (1486362)
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