俗
ぞく、しょく
zoku
JMdict entry #1405100
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi) layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; man of the world; the world
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi) local manners; modern customs
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no' common; popular
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adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
vulgar; low
antonym: 雅・が・1
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
彼は俗事をかえりみず研究に没頭した。
kare ha zokuji wo kaerimi zu kenkyuu ni bottou shi ta 。
He applied himself to his study, without thought for his normal life.
彼は世俗的な成功には無関心だ。
kare ha sezoku teki na seikou ni ha mu kanshin da 。
He is indifferent to worldly success.
世界には皮膚の色や風俗習慣を異にするさまざまな人々が住んでいる。
sekai ni ha hifu no iro ya fuuzoku shuukan wo koto ni suru samazama na hitobito ga sun de iru 。
There live in this world people of all sorts of colors and manners and customs.
新聞のさまざまな虚偽や卑俗さにも関わらず。
shinbun no samazama na kyogi ya hizoku sa ni mo kakawara zu 。
Reject all its lies and vulgarity.
私の息子は俗物ではない。
watakushi no musuko ha zokubutsu de ha nai 。
My son is not a snob.
幸福と言うものを世俗的な成功と言う点から考えるのは間違っていた。
koufuku to iu mono wo sezoku teki na seikou to iu ten kara kangaeru no ha machigaxtsu te i ta 。
It was wrong to try to judge happiness in terms of worldly success.