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    3. 俗説

    俗説

    俗ぞく説せつ

    common saying

    KMT10News #47+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab23 strokes

    ぞくせつ

    Noun

    1.
    common saying, popular version, folklore, tradition

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    それは科か学がく的てき根こん拠きょのない俗ぞく説せつにすぎない。

    That is nothing more than a popular belief without scientific basis.

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    猫ねこが顔かおを洗あらうと雨あめが降ふるという俗ぞく説せつがある。

    There's a popular belief that if a cat washes its face, it will rain.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsAnimals
    多おおくの俗ぞく説せつは、昔むかしの人ひと々びとの経けい験けんや観かん察さつから生うまれたものだ。

    Many popular beliefs originated from the experiences and observations of people in the past.

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    日に本ほんの文ぶん化かには、様さま々ざまな動どう物ぶつに関かんする俗ぞく説せつが伝つたえられている。

    In Japanese culture, various popular beliefs about animals are passed down.

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    その俗ぞく説せつは、現げん代だいの知ち識しきでは誤あやまりであることが証しょう明めいされている。

    That popular belief has been proven false by modern knowledge.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    俗
    vulgar・customs・manners・worldliness・mundane things
    説
    と.く…(4)
    opinion・theory・explanation・rumor
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