風俗|ふうぞくfuuzoku[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounmanners; customs
   その地方ちほうではその古ふるい風俗ふうぞくがなお存続そんぞくしている。↗

   The old custom is still kept up in that district.
2. nounpublic morals
3. nounsex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment

• Synonym習わしならわしNeutralNeutral noun for customs handed down over generations, as in 「土地の習わし」; leans traditional. 「風俗」 also covers social mores and the sex industry.
• Synonym慣行かんこうWrittenWritten term for established practices in a society or industry, as in 「商慣行」; more bookish than 「風俗」.
• Synonym慣習かんしゅうWrittenWritten term for customs generally observed in a society or area, as in 「地域の慣習」「慣習法」; more formal than 「風俗」.
• Synonym風習ふうしゅうNeutralNeutral noun for customs peculiar to a place, as in 「珍しい風習」; stresses locality, and never carries the sex-industry sense of 「風俗」.
• Synonym習俗しゅうぞくWrittenWritten, folkloristic term for manners and customs; used mainly in academic folklore studies rather than in everyday speech.
• Synonym習いならいWrittenWritten noun for the way things normally are, as in 「世の習い」; carries a wistful, reflective tone about life's common course.
• Related慣例かんれいWrittenWritten term for a convention or precedent, as in 「慣例に従う」; stresses established rules rather than the customs of an era or region.
• Related因習いんしゅうWrittenWritten term for outdated, undesirable old customs, as in 「因習を打破」; pejorative, unlike the neutral 「風俗」.
• Related習慣しゅうかんNeutralThe everyday word for personal or social habits; the most common of this group. 「風俗」 covers broader manners and the sex industry.
• Related定例ていれいWrittenWritten term for something held at fixed intervals, as in 「定例会議」; about regular scheduling, not folk customs.
• Related恒例こうれいNeutralNeutral noun for events held regularly by custom, whether yearly, monthly or weekly, as in 「恒例行事」; about recurring events, not general customs.
• Related流儀りゅうぎNeutralNeutral noun for the way of doing things of a person or school, as in 「茶道の流儀」; also common practice in the world. 「風俗」 is era- or region-wide life customs.
• RelatedトラディションNeutralLoanword for 'tradition'. Rare in daily conversation and found mostly in translations; 「風俗」 is the native word for customs.
• RelatedしきたりNeutralNeutral noun for old rules kept by a family or community, as in 「家のしきたり」; narrower than 「風俗」, which spans a whole era or region.
• Related旧例きゅうれいWrittenWritten term for precedents from the past; stresses former practice. Rare, and far narrower than 「風俗」.
• Related常例じょうれいWrittenWritten term for the usual practice; bookish and rarely used, unlike the neutral 「風俗」.
• Related風儀ふうぎWrittenWritten term for manners and decorum; rarely seen today, and closer to etiquette than to the folk customs of 「風俗」.
• Related遺風いふうWrittenWritten term for customs or influence handed down from people of the past, as in 「古代の遺風」; the focus is on what earlier generations left behind.
• Related旧習きゅうしゅうWrittenWritten term for old customs and rules; bookish, and often tinged with a conservative, old-fashioned nuance that 「風俗」 lacks.

Use 「風俗」 for the manners and customs of an era or society, or for the sex industry, as in 「風俗習慣」「風俗店」. For personal habits pick 「習慣」, for local customs 「風習」, for old family or local rules 「しきたり」, for conventions 「慣例」, for outdated bad customs 「因習」, for recurring events 「恒例」. Written terms: 「慣行」 industry practice, 「慣習」 social custom, 「習俗」 folklore, 「定例」 a fixed schedule, 「旧例」「常例」 past or usual practice, 「遺風」「旧習」 what the past left. 「トラディション」 is a loanword mostly in translations; 「流儀」 is a way of doing things.

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1. ある時代じだいや地域ちいき、階層かいそうなどを特徴とくちょうづける生活せいかつ上じょうのしきたり。習俗しゅうぞく。風習ふうしゅう。世態せたい。民俗みんぞく。生活せいかつ文化ぶんか。
2. 風紀ふうき。
3. 身みなり。服装ふくそう。
4. 物腰ものごし。身みのこなし。
5. 性風俗せいふうぞく産業さんぎょう、または性風俗せいふうぞく関連かんれん特殊とくしゅ営業えいぎょうの略りゃく。俗ぞくに「フーゾク」とも表記ひょうきされる。