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Japanese word 身分: social status / social rank. Meanings and example sentences.

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身分 (みぶん): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

身分 (みぶん) means social status / social rank.

See example sentences below.

身分 at a glance

身分

みぶんmibun

N2noun

social status / social rank

身分みぶんmibunN2Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning of 身分

Core meaning

social status / social rank

Basic example sentences

Example 1

彼の身分はまだはっきりしていない。

Translation

His social status is still unclear.

Example 2

昔の身分制度は今はない。

Translation

The old social class system no longer exists.

Kanji 身: somebody, person, one's station in life

Kanji 身: somebody, person, one's station in life

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Kanji 分: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100

Kanji 分: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100

Kanji 分: meanings, readings, and example words.

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