🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

階層

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kaisō

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Hierarchy/ˈhaɪə.rɑːr.ki/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2850 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"組織には明確な階層が必要です。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.

    "She worked her way up through the corporate hierarchy to reach the position of CEO."
  2. 2

    An arrangement or classification of things according to relative importance, value, or level.

    "Maslow's hierarchy of needs places basic physiological survival at the very foundation."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Medieval Latin 'hierarchia', rooted in the Greek 'hierarkhia' meaning 'rule of a high priest', from 'hierēs' (priest) and 'arkhē' (rule). Historically used to describe ecclesiastical rule, the term evolved during the 19th century to denote any system of ranked elements or organizational levels.

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