俗

ぞく

Also written しょく

Meanings

1. Noun layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; man of the world; the world
2. local manners; modern customs
3. な-adjective, の-adjective common; popular
4. vulgar; low Antonym: 雅 (が).

Kanji

• 俗 worldly. Read as ゾク.

Example sentences

• ウチは俗に言うシングルマザーの家庭だ。父親の顔を僕は知らない。
  We're what they colloquially call a single mother family. I haven't seen my father's face.

Words containing 俗

• 風俗 (ふうぞく) manners
• 世俗 (せぞく) worldly things
• 民俗 (みんぞく) folk customs

And 157 more.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists