俗|ぞくzoku[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounlayman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; man of the world; the world
2. nounlocal manners; modern customs
3. na-adjective, no-adjectivecommon; popular
   ウチは俗ぞくに言いうシングルマザーの家庭かていだ。父親ちちおやの顔かおを僕ぼくは知しらない。↗

   We're what they colloquially call a single mother family. I haven't seen my father's face.
4. na-adjective, no-adjectivevulgar; low

• Related平凡へいぼんNeutralOrdinary, with nothing outstanding; stresses mediocrity, while 「俗」 stresses worldliness and vulgarity.
• Related人並みひとなみNeutralOn a par with ordinary people, at a normal level; 「俗」 instead stresses worldliness and vulgarity.
• Related世間並みせけんなみNeutralAt the same level or following the same customs as society at large, as in 「世間並みの暮らし」; lacks the vulgar tinge of 「俗」.
• Related一般的いっぱんてきNeutralGeneral or widespread; neutral and objective, with none of the pejorative vulgar shade of 「俗」.
• Related世俗的せぞくてきWrittenWorldly or secular, as opposed to the religious; a word of written/formal prose.
• Related十人並みじゅうにんなみNeutralAverage in looks or ability; colloquial, mostly said of looks, and with no vulgar nuance.
• Related平民的へいみんてきNeutralCommoner-like, typical of ordinary people; can neutrally describe plebeian qualities, without the vulgar, low-class shade of 「俗」.
• Antonym雅みやびNeutralAntonym: refinement and elegance, set against the vulgarity of 「俗」.
• Antonym聖せいNeutralAntonym: sacred and holy, set against the worldliness of 「俗」.

Use 「俗」 for the secular world or for vulgarity and low taste, as in 「俗に言う」「俗っぽい」「俗世間」. For plain ordinariness pick 「平凡」, for average 「人並み」, for secular in formal prose 「世俗的」; the antonyms are 「雅」 and 「聖」.

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1. 世間せけん。
2. 民間みんかんで一般的いっぱんてきに行おこなわれているならわし。
3. 出家しゅっけしていない人ひと。
4. 世俗せぞく的てきでありふれている様さま。