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Frequency: 1610
JLPT N1
Grade 8

Meanings

vulgar
customs
manners
worldliness
mundane things

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ゾク

Common Words

しょく
Freq #15236
1

Common noun

layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; man of the world; the world

Examples
ウチはに言うシングルマザーの家庭だ。父親の顔を僕は知らない。
We're what they colloquially call a single mother family. I haven't seen my father's face.
2

Common noun

local manners; modern customs

3

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

common; popular

4

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

vulgar; low

うぞく
Noun
Freq #16837
1

manners; customs

Examples
その地方ではその古い風俗がなお存続している。
The old custom is still kept up in that district.
2

public morals

3

sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment

いぞく
~な Adj.
Noun
Freq #27702
1

vulgar; lowbrow; coarse

ぞくにいう
Expression
Freq #28452
1

Noun or verb acting prenominally

what is colloquially called; what is commonly referred to as; what is popularly known as; so-called

くぶつ
Noun
Freq #28718
1

worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob

Examples
私の息子は俗物ではない。
My son is not a snob.
ぞく
せいぞく
Noun
Freq #30412
1

worldly things; common customs; ordinary life; popular taste

2

the world; the (common) people; the masses

3

secularity

くせ
くせい
Noun
Freq #32535
1

this world; everyday world; earthly existence; mundane life

くっぽ
~い Adj.
Freq #37922
1

vulgar; in poor taste; cheap; low-brow

んぞくがく
Noun
Freq #42429
1

folklore studies; folkloristics

くしょう
Noun
Freq #45064
1

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb

common name; popular name

2

secular name (of a Buddhist monk)

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