Meaning
中堅 (ちゅうけん, chuuken) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “backbone, mainstay, mid-tier”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 10
彼は中堅社員だ
He is mid-career.
中産階級は国家の中堅である.
The middle class forms the backbone of the nation.
平安時代は中堅貴族であった。
They were middle-ranking nobles in the Heian period.
戦後は、中堅の女形として活躍。
He put on great performances as a mid-level female impersonator after the war.
以来、中堅貴族として活躍する。
Thereafter, it was influential as a middle-ranked nobility.
京極氏の譜代家臣として中堅的位置にあった。
It was in the mid-level position among the hereditary vassals of the Kyogoku clan.
いずれも仲居や幇間役の下回り、中堅の役者が演じる。
These are played by low- or middle-ranking actors who play the roles of nakai (waitress) or hokan (professional jester).
あの会社では一部の中堅幹部に肩叩きが行なわれている.
They are trying to ease out some middle‐grade executives in that company.
しかし、一方で戦後の混乱の中、堅実に家柄を守り抜いた。
On the other hand, however, he firmly maintained the social standing of his family through the confusion after the World War II.
資本金の規模から言えば、いわゆる中堅企業に該当します。（メールで書く場合）
The amount of the capital suggests that it is a middle-size company.