低俗|ていぞくteizoku[0]heiban (flat)

1. na-adjective, nounvulgar; lowbrow; coarse

• Synonym下品げひんNeutralThe most common everyday word: unrefined, lacking taste; applies to speech, behavior and appearance alike.
• Synonym粗野そやNeutralDescribes rough, unrefined behavior; stresses rudeness rather than lowbrow taste.
• Synonym野卑やひWrittenWritten/formal word for crude, vulgar speech and behavior; stresses coarseness, often used to judge how someone talks and acts.
• Synonym卑俗ひぞくWrittenWritten/formal, close in meaning to 「低俗」 but used less often; suggests base, common vulgarity.
• Synonym俗悪ぞくあくWrittenWritten/formal; stresses vulgarity that is also ugly or repulsive, carrying a heavier negative tone.
• Synonym低級ていきゅうNeutralMeans low in grade or class; can describe objects, and does not necessarily imply poor taste.
• RelatedいやらしいCasualColloquial; means unpleasant or disagreeable, and also lewd; often describes a person's gaze, words or behavior.
• Related卑しいいやしいNeutralMeans base or greedy, as in eating in a 「卑しい」 way; centers on a person's character rather than taste.
• Related汚いきたないNeutralMeans dirty, and also underhanded in methods; a broad word that does not specifically target lowbrow taste.
• Related野暮やぼNeutralMeans tactless or unfashionable; stresses a lack of refinement or social grace, not smutty content.
• RelatedはしたないNeutralMostly used of women's improper or immodest behavior; focuses on individual conduct.
• Related卑猥ひわいNeutralRefers specifically to sexual obscenity and lewdness; 「低俗」 broadly covers low taste and vulgarity, not limited to sexual content.
• Related淫らみだらNeutralRefers to sexual looseness and immodesty, focusing on relations and conduct between men and women; 「低俗」 is broader and not specifically sexual.
• RelatedいかがわしいNeutralMeans suspicious or disreputable, and by extension shady or indecent, as in 「いかがわしい店」; the suspicious nuance comes first.
• Related悪趣味あくしゅみNeutralBad taste or poor aesthetic sense, and also a nasty streak of enjoying teasing people; centers on personal preferences.
• RelatedわいせつNeutralLegal term for obscenity and indecency, as in 「猥褻物」 (obscene material).
• RelatedえげつないCasualColloquial, with a Kansai flavor; describes ruthless methods or blatantly crude content.
• Related俗っぽいぞくっぽいCasualColloquial; means tacky and lacking class, milder in degree than 「低俗」.
• Related泥臭いどろくさいNeutralMeans unpolished or unsophisticated, and also a gritty, hardworking, down-to-earth style.
• Antonym高尚こうしょうNeutralAntonym: noble in character and refined in taste, the direct opposite of the vulgar 「低俗」.
• Antonym高級こうきゅうNeutralAntonym: high in class, quality or grade; the two contrast only in level of taste, since even high-end things can be 「低俗」.

Use 「低俗」 to criticize TV programs or magazines as lowbrow. In everyday talk, 「下品」 covers indecent, tasteless things; for sexual smut choose 「卑猥」 or 「猥褻」, and for tacky, cheap content 「俗っぽい」.

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1. 理念りねんや精神せいしんが低ひくく、下品げひんな様子ようす。世間せけん的てきで安やすっぽい様子ようす。