還俗

げんぞく

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive return to secular life (of a monk); secularization; secularisation

Kanji

• 還 send back
• 俗 worldly. Read as ゾク.

Example sentences

• 自らの意志で還俗する場合と、教団側から還俗させられる場合がある。
  There are situations where you return to secular life of your own volition, and there are situations where the religious sect forces you to return to secular life.

Word lists

• Buddhism

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