noun

  1. worldly things, common customs, ordinary life, popular taste.
  2. the world, the (common) people, the masses.
  3. secularity.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
世俗 せぞく
せい
ぞく
世俗 せいぞく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

generation, world, society
セ よ セイ (3rd, N4)
twenty
にじゅう ジュウ ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
fishhook radical(乙) variant
vulgar, customs, manners
ゾク (7th, N1)
human radical (no. 9)
valley
たに や コク (2nd, N2)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)