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    3. 俗

    俗

    俗ゾク

    vulgar

    N1KMT9Freq #1610Core ConceptsKanji9 strokes

    On'yomi

    ゾク

    vulgarcustomsmannersworldlinessmundane things

    亻谷

    亻
    人
    谷
    口

    Stroke 0 / 9

    Speed1.0x

    Alternative forms of this concept

    亻
    𠆢

    Concepts using this kanji

    風俗

    manners

    民俗

    folk customs

    風俗営業

    businesses offering food and entertainment

    世俗

    worldly things

    公序良俗

    public order and morals

    俗に

    commonly (called, said, etc.)

    民俗芸能

    folk entertainment

    習俗

    manners and customs

    俗

    layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk)

    良俗

    good custom

    民俗学

    folklore studies

    世俗化

    secularization

    世俗的

    worldly

    世俗的ヒューマニズム

    secular humanism

    世俗心

    worldliness

    俗世界

    everyday world

    日本民俗学会

    Folklore Society of Japan

    俗文体

    colloquial language style

    俗人

    person with low tastes

    世俗国家

    secular state

    土俗学

    ethnology

    俗文学

    popular literature

    俗世間

    this world

    俗物的

    materialistic

    通俗化

    popularization

    通俗文学

    school of popular writing

    世俗主義

    secularism

    俗世

    this world

    俗化

    vulgarization

    俗事

    worldly affairs

    俗体

    appearance of a layperson (as opposed to a Buddhist priest)

    俗見

    popular view

    俗に言う

    what is colloquially called

    俗言

    colloquial language

    通俗心理学

    popular psychology

    俗学

    popular learning

    平俗

    commonplace

    超世俗的

    unworldly

    在俗

    living as a layperson

    俗気

    vulgarity

    俗界

    secular life

    米俗

    American English colloquialism

    俗談平話

    conversation on worldly affairs

    人情風俗

    manners, customs and popular sentiments

    俗用

    everyday affairs

    俗名

    common name

    俗文

    (piece of) writing in colloquial style

    土俗

    local customs

    通俗小説

    popular novel

    俗信

    folk belief

    反俗

    resistance to convention

    俗受け

    popular appeal

    性俗

    sexual culture

    俗務

    secular affairs

    俗間

    the world

    俗向き

    appealing to the public

    性風俗

    sexual culture

    民俗音楽

    folk music

    風俗小説

    novel depicting customs and manners of the day

    性風俗店

    brothel

    俗物根性

    snobbery

    俗物

    worldly-minded person

    俗神道

    Folk Shinto

    俗画

    popular picture

    俗書

    cheap fiction

    性風俗産業

    sex entertainment industry

    俗念

    worldliness

    風俗画

    genre picture

    俗話

    small talk

    州俗

    local customs

    俗調

    popular music

    俗議

    popular opinion

    古俗

    old custom

    風俗店

    sex establishment

    日本民俗経済学会

    Japan Folklore Economics Association

    俗論

    popular opinion

    旧俗

    old customs

    俗情

    worldly-mindedness

    俗流

    populace

    俗談

    common talk

    俗伝

    popular belief or saying

    風俗画風

    (of the) genre painting style

    俗字

    informal variant of a Chinese character

    道俗

    monks and laity

    俗形

    the figure of the common man

    俗ラテン語

    vulgar Latin

    反俗精神

    anticonventional spirit

    美俗

    a fine custom

    俗解

    explanation in common language

    俗了

    vulgarization

    風俗歌

    folk songs

    良風美俗

    good customs

    俗楽

    popular music

    風俗アイドル

    star of the demimonde

    衆俗

    the masses

    俗衆

    people

    語源俗解

    folk etymology

    風俗犯

    offense against public morals

    有髪俗体

    (a Buddhist monk or priest or nun) without head shaven and not wearing religious garb

    俗歌

    popular song

    異俗

    strange custom

    超俗

    aloofness

    俗悪

    vulgar

    善良の風俗

    good morals

    俗曲

    folk song

    脱俗

    unworldliness

    俗習

    custom

    民俗舞踊

    folk dance

    俗離れ

    unworldliness

    俗趣味

    vulgar taste

    重要無形民俗文化財

    important intangible folk culture asset

    風俗犯罪

    offense against public morals

    風俗壊乱

    corruption of public morals

    雅俗混交

    mixture of both culture and vulgarism

    風俗習慣

    manners and customs

    俗称

    common name

    俗語

    colloquialism

    風俗営業等取締法

    Law Regulating Adult Entertainment Businesses (1948 act, replaced in 1984)

    還俗

    return to secular life (of a monk)

    群俗

    the masses

    俗塵

    the (dusty) world

    郷俗

    village customs

    性風俗関連特殊営業

    sex establishment (as regulated by a specific Japanese law)

    俗筆

    unrefined penmanship

    俗才

    worldly wisdom

    通俗的

    popular

    俗耳

    vulgar ears

    雅俗

    refined and vulgar

    俗っぽい

    vulgar

    俗なる

    vulgar

    通俗

    popular

    俗気芬々

    of low (vulgar) taste

    俗趣

    vulgar taste

    俗吏

    petty official

    凡俗

    mediocrity

    風俗嬢

    woman who works in the sex industry

    醇風美俗

    good morals and manners

    俗姓

    secular surname (of a priest)

    俗眼

    popular opinion

    愚俗

    foolish customs

    俗縁

    worldly connection

    俗累

    worldly troubles

    俗輩

    worldlings

    巫俗

    Korean shamanism

    僧俗

    priests and laymen

    俗僧

    worldly priest

    俗臭

    vulgarity

    俗謡

    popular song

    雅俗折衷

    blending of the classical and colloquial styles

    卑俗

    vulgar

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 亻
    • 人
    • 口
    • 谷
    • 風俗営業等取締法
    • 風俗歌
    • 風俗アイドル
    • 通俗心理学
    • 善良の風俗
    • 異俗
    • 風俗犯
    • 俗物的
    • 世俗国家
    • 愚俗
    • 語源俗解
    • 日本民俗学会
    • 日本民俗経済学会

    is_used_in

    • 夷俗
    • 雅俗
    • 還俗
    • 旧俗
    • 古俗
    • 州俗
    • 世俗
    • 世俗化
    • 世俗主義
    • 世俗心
    • 世俗的
    • 醇風美俗
    • 俗
    • 俗っぽい
    • 俗に
    • 俗に言う
    • 俗悪
    • 僧俗
    • 俗縁
    • 俗化
    • 俗歌
    • 俗解
    • 俗界
    • 俗学
    • 俗楽
    • 俗間
    • 俗眼
    • 俗議
    • 俗曲
    • 俗形
    • 俗見
    • 俗言
    • 俗諺
    • 俗語
    • 俗向き
    • 俗才
    • 俗事
    • 俗字
    • 俗耳
    • 俗趣味
    • 俗儒
    • 俗受け
    • 俗習
    • 俗臭
    • 俗衆
    • 俗書
    • 俗称
    • 俗情
    • 俗信
    • 俗人
    • 俗塵
    • 俗世
    • 俗世界
    • 俗世間
    • 俗姓
    • 俗説
    • 俗僧
    • 俗体
    • 俗談
    • 俗調
    • 俗諦
    • 俗念
    • 俗輩
    • 俗物
    • 俗文
    • 俗文学
    • 俗務
    • 俗用
    • 俗謡
    • 俗吏
    • 俗流
    • 俗累
    • 俗論
    • 俗話
    • 通俗
    • 通俗文学
    • 低俗
    • 土俗
    • 卑俗
    • 風俗
    • 米俗
    • 凡俗
    • 民俗学
    • 俚俗
    • 俗気
    • 俗名
    • 民俗
    • 通俗的
    • 脱俗
    • 良俗
    • 習俗
    • 俗伝
    • 俗画
    • 俗筆
    • 俗離れ
    • 公序良俗
    • 反俗
    • 通俗小説
    • 通俗化
    • 土俗学
    • 美俗
    • 在俗
    • 超俗
    • 民俗芸能
    • 民俗音楽
    • 民俗舞踊
    • 道俗
    • 良風美俗
    • 風俗小説
    • 風俗画
    • 風俗営業
    • 郷俗
    • 俗趣
    • 俗臭芬々
    • 風俗壊乱
    • 俗気芬々
    • 有髪俗体
    • 雅俗折衷
    • 俗談平話
    • 俗物根性
    • 超世俗的
    • 人情風俗
    • 反俗精神
    • 風俗画風
    • 風俗習慣
    • 風俗犯罪
    • 雅俗混交
    • 俗ラテン語
    • 風俗嬢
    • 風俗店
    • 性風俗
    • 性俗
    • 俗なる
    • 平俗
    • 世俗的ヒューマニズム
    • 性風俗関連特殊営業
    • 性風俗産業
    • 俗箏
    • 俗了
    • 俗神道
    • 重要無形民俗文化財
    • 俗文体
    • 衆俗
    • 群俗
    • 性風俗店
    • 巫俗

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    • 𠆢

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