ソウ
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. layer; stratum; seam; bed
2. class; stratum; bracket; group
3. sheaf
Counter
4. counter for stories (of a building)
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (117 in total)
high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried; high (altitude); upper (atmosphere, air current, etc.)
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
low-rise (architecture); low-level; low-class
surface; outer layer
stratum; geological formation; layer; bed (coal, gravel, etc.)
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
middle part; medium depth (water); medium layer; medium-size; mid-level; medium-rise (building)
wealthy people; the rich
laminating; layering
clientele; customer stratum
fault; dislocation; gap; discrepancy
age range; age-group; age bracket
underclasses; poorest segment of the population; the poor
multilayer
each stratum; each class
multistoried; multilayered
the middle class
readership; target audience (of a magazine)
ruling class
extreme height; high-rise (i.e. building)
multi-layered; multi-tiered; multi-storied
stratum of society
outer layers
base support (e.g. for a party in an election); substrate; load bearing layer; supporting layer
housewife demographic; housewives
purchasers; customer base; market (for a product)
upper level; upper layer
target demographic; target audience
ionosphere
player depth (in a team); pool of players
ozone layer
the intellectual class
wealthy people; the rich
fatty layer; layer of fat
inner layers
low income group; low income class
intellectuals; intelligentsia; educated class
tall building
air layer
lower level
base layer; substratum; binder course
mother-of-pearl
customer base; constituency; customer segment; patron base; clientele
customer base; constituency; customer segment; patron base; clientele
stratified
lower classes; proletariat; underclass
stratocumulus
layer of clay; clay stratum
unaffiliated voters; floating voters; swinging voters
inversion layer
physical layer; PHY
alluvium; alluvial stratum
monolayer; single layer; single story (storey)
sedimentary layer
presheaf; anterior layer
fossil bed
(geol) group
stratum of loam
diluvium; diluvial formation
laminar flow
medium and high-rise (buildings, apartments, etc.)
boundary layer
tertiary layer; tertiary formation
type of audience
stratum corneum; horny layer; cornified layer
lithological layer; rock strata; rock formation
climax (rhetoric); gradation
geothermal reservoir
geothermal reservoir
aphotic zone
bedding; stratification
layering; stratification; sheafification
cambium; cambium layer
layer-management
management level; job level
granular layer; stratum granulosum
permeable layer; pervious layer
succession of strata; stratigraphy
age range; age-group; age bracket
oil strata
wealthy merchant class
magnetic layer
stratigraphy
overstory (overstorey); canopy layer; tree stratum
coal seam; coal bed
stratification; classification; (data) distribution
bottom water (depth: 4000+ meters)
understory (understorey)
herbaceous layer
signalling layer
session layer
data link layer
sublayer
Kennelly-Heaviside layer
atomic layer epitaxy; ALE; atomic layer deposition; ALD
gley; gley soil; glei
destitute poor class; the extremely poor; people below the poverty line
pan; hardpan
fan base; fanbase; fan demographic; fandom
radiation zone (within the sun)
key bed
key bed
Dua's layer
unthinking masses; stupid people; sheeple
Examples (1 in total)
One fifth of the earth's surface is covered by permafrost.