jpdb beta

layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular

① 詩、小説、戯曲など、感情や思想を言葉であらわした芸術。② 1を研究する学問。③ 人文科学。④ 独特の言い回し。修辞法。

(piece of) writing in colloquial style; vulgar writing

learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics