| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 大層 | たいそう | very much, exaggerated, very fine |
| 高層 | こうそう | upper |
| 上層 | じょうそう | upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys) |
| 亜成層圏 | あせいそうけん | substratosphere |
| 地層 | ちそう | stratum, geological formation, layer, bed (coal, gravel, etc.) |
| 富裕層 | ふゆうそう | wealthy people, the rich |
| 年齢層 | ねんれいそう | age range, age-group |
| 成層圏 | せいそうけん | stratosphere |
| 断層 | だんそう | dislocation |
| 沖積層 | ちゅうせきそう | alluvium, alluvial stratum |
| 洪積層 | こうせきそう | diluvial formation (geol.) |
| 深層 | しんそう | depths, deep level |
| 無党派層 | むとうはそう | unaffiliated voters, floating voters, swinging voters |
| 脂肪層 | しぼうそう | fatty layer, layer of fat |
| 階層 | かいそう | class, level, stratum, layer, hierarchy |