This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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ぞく、しょく
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; man of the world; the world; local manners; modern customs; common; popular; vulgar; low
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民俗

みんぞく
folk customs; folkways; ethnic customs
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風俗

ふうぞく
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry
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世俗

せぞく、せいぞく
common customs; worldliness; vulgar; popular; the world; the common people; secularity
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俗称

ぞくしょう
common name; popular name
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俗語

ぞくご
colloquialism; colloquial language
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通俗

つうぞく
popular; common
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習俗

しゅうぞく
manners and customs; folkways; usage
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俗説

ぞくせつ
common saying; popular version; folklore; tradition
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還俗

げんぞく
return to secular life; secularization; secularisation