Kanji俗
Readingぞく
Frequency88%
Used in (153 in total)
manners; customs; public morals; sex service; sex industry
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob
vulgar; lowbrow; coarse
what is colloquially called; what is commonly referred to as; what is popularly known as; so-called
folklore studies; folkloristics
worldly things; common customs; the world; the (common) people; secularity
this world; everyday world; earthly existence; mundane life
folk customs; folkways; ethnic customs
vulgar; in poor taste; cheap; low-brow
return to secular life (of a monk); secularization; secularisation
person with low tastes; uncultured person; worldly person; ordinary person (who has not entered the priesthood); layperson; layman
public order and morals; social standards; public policy
common name; popular name; secular name (of a Buddhist monk)
mediocrity; the masses; ordinary run of men
popular; common
manners and customs; folkways; usage
vulgar; coarse; low
common saying; popular version; folklore; tradition
sex establishment; brothel
worldly; secular
colloquialism; colloquial language; slang
woman who works in the sex industry
vulgar; coarse; lowbrow
popular; common; commonplace
this world; earthly world; secular society; ordinary world; everyday life; workaday world
materialistic; worldly-minded; uncultured
commonly (called, said, etc.); popularly; colloquially; in common parlance
local customs
popularization; popularisation
populace; common run of men; worldly customs
folk belief
popular song; ballad; folk song; ditty
people; crowd; masses; the public
worldly affairs; everyday affairs; common cares; routine work; daily chores
popular learning; worldly study
common name; popular name; secular name; bad reputation
popular opinion
manners and customs; customs and habits
sexual culture; sexual mores; prostitution
genre picture; painting depicting customs
commonplace; ordinary; trite; informal and easy to understand (of writing, etc.)
folk songs; regional ballads
priests and laymen
proverb; popular saying
vulgarity; worldliness
petty official
unworldliness; saintliness
vulgarity; worldliness; worldly ambition
secularization; secularisation; popularization; popularisation
conventional truth
worldly-mindedness; worldly affairs
monks and laity
living as a layperson; not entering the priesthood; layperson
corruption of public morals; an offense against public morality
custom; usage
businesses offering food and entertainment; cabaret, club, gambling and restaurant businesses; sex industry; sex-related businesses
manners, customs and popular sentiments
snobbery; snobbishness; philistinism; vulgar and ostentatious nature (disposition)
school of popular writing
the (dusty) world; earthly affairs; the madding crowd (of society); daily troubles of life
colloquial language
common talk; worldly conversation
vulgarity; rural customs
Folk Shinto; syncretized Shinto sect
popular appeal
small talk; gossip; spoken language; colloquial expression
worldly priest
cheap fiction
secular affairs; worldly cares; daily routine
blending of the classical and colloquial styles
popular literature
appearance of a layperson (as opposed to a Buddhist priest); unrefined appearance; vulgar style
ethnology; folkloristics
popular belief or saying
foolish customs
refined and vulgar; classical and colloquial
novel depicting customs and manners of the day
brothel; sex establishment
everyday affairs; mundane matters; popular usage
old custom
informal variant of a Chinese character; popular form of a Chinese character
worldly connection
popular picture
good morals and manners; genial manners and laudable customs; pristine way of life
bad move (especially ones played by beginners)
worldly wisdom; practical wisdom
secular surname (of a priest)
folk dance; ethnic dance
worldliness; worldly ambition; unholy desires
(piece of) writing in colloquial style; vulgar writing
popular music; common people's music (as opposed to court music)
unworldliness
popular music; vulgar music
strange custom; quaint custom
vulgar ears; attention of the masses
the masses; ordinary people
anticonventional spirit; spirit of resisting convention
worldlings; the crowd
popular opinion
Korean shamanism
mediocre scholar
vulgar; coarse; lacking in class
popular psychology; pop psychology; pop psych
offense against public morals; morals offense; vice crime
mixture of both culture and vulgarism; mixture of both literary and colloquial (language)
worldly troubles; worldliness
vulgar taste
of low (vulgar) taste; lacking class
colloquial language style; everyday language style
secular state; secular nation
appealing to the public; popular
(a Buddhist monk or priest or nun) without head shaven and not wearing religious garb
conversation on worldly affairs; chat about everyday life (business)
unworldly; supermundane; free from worldly cares (concerns)
sexual culture; sexual mores
Law Regulating Adult Entertainment Businesses (1948 act, replaced in 1984); Entertainment and Amusement Trades Control Law
sex establishment (as regulated by a specific Japanese law)
(of the) genre painting style; (of the) style of painting that depicts people's customs and manners; (of the) type of painting that denotes the life of ordinary people
star of the demimonde
lesbian prostitution
a fine custom
resistance to convention
offense against public morals; morals offense; vice crime
the figure of the common man
popular opinion
unsophisticated move; anti-suji
the masses; the people; populace
village customs
unrefined penmanship
American English colloquialism; American slang
local customs
modern koto (in contrast to the gagaku koto or gakuso); modern koto music
vulgarization; refined thing becoming vulgar
barbaric custom; barbarian custom