► 名詞
俗 [(2)ぞく] meaning: popular rank: 4
☆ 私の好きな音楽は俗受けするものとは全く違う ⇨ The music I like are quite different from what the mass likes
► 形容動詞
俗 [(2)ぞく] meaning: common rank: 2
☆ Aは俗にBと呼ばれている ⇨ A is commonly called B (☛ Often implies inaccuracy)
俗 [(2)ぞく] meaning: vulgar rank: 3
☆ 彼があんなに俗な人とは思わなかった ⇨ I didn’t think he was that vulgar, with poor taste, little principle
☆ 金儲けのことばっかりの俗な人 ⇨ Someone low who only thinks about money making
More examples:
- 彼女は王家の人間というにしては俗っぽ過ぎる ⇨ She seems too vulgar for a member of the royal family
- 大衆風俗 ⇨ Popular culture
- それは俗説で、科学的証拠は全く無い ⇨ That’s just a popular theory, urban legend, and there is absolutely no scientific proof
- 通俗的な表現を使った詞 ⇨ A poem written with popular, common, plain, expressions, language
- 風俗産業 ⇨ Sex industry
- 低俗な有名人ゴシップ番組 ⇨ Smutty celebrity gossip shows
- 当時の世俗的習慣 ⇨ A common practice at the time
- 俗語辞典 ⇨ A slang dictionary
- 彼のような俗物が大統領になるとは米国も堕ちたものだ ⇨ US have fallen so much to have a man with no class like him as the president
- この教材は技術用語から俗語まで全てを網羅している ⇨ This teaching material covers everything from technical terms to slangs
- 風俗店の多い地域 ⇨ An area with a lot of sex business
- AはBと俗称されている ⇨ A is commonly called B