ローム層[roomusou] stratum of loam
亜成層圏[aseisouken] substratosphere
一層[issou] much more
沖積層[chuusekisou] alluvium
下層[kasou] lower strata (classes)

下層階級[kasoukaikyuu] proletariat
下層社会[kasoushakai] the underworld
下層土[kasoudo] subsoil
化石層[kasekisou] fossil bed
階層[kaisou] class

藁苞[warazuto] straw wrapper
苞苴[aramaki] salted salmon
苞葉[houyou] bract (leaf)
総苞[souhou] involucre

苞苴[housho] straw-wrapped item
山苞[yamazuto] souvenir from the mountains
藁苞[warasubo] Odontamblyopus lacepedii (species of eel goby)