layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk)
ぞくしょく
Noun
1.
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk), laity, man of the world, the world
2.
local manners, modern customs
Adjective, Particle
3.
common, popular
4.
vulgar, low
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俗謡は、庶民の生活や感情を歌い継いできた。
Folk songs (俗謡) have passed down the lives and emotions of common people through song.
俗な考えにとらわれず、自由に発想しよう。
Let's think freely, without being bound by common (or vulgar) ideas.
彼は俗世を離れ、仏門に入った。
He left the secular world and entered the Buddhist priesthood.
芸術家は俗受けを狙わず、自分の表現を追求すべきだ。
Artists should pursue their own expression without aiming for popular appeal (俗受け).
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