"俗語" meaning in Japanese

See 俗語 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [d͡zo̞kɯ̟ɡo̞] Forms: 俗語 [canonical] (ruby: 俗(ぞく), 語(ご)), zokugo [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 俗 (zoku, “common, vulgar”) + 語 (go, “word, term, language”). Etymology templates: {{com|ja|俗|語|t1=common, vulgar|t2=word, term, language|tr1=zoku|tr2=go}} 俗 (zoku, “common, vulgar”) + 語 (go, “word, term, language”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ぞくご}} 俗(ぞく)語(ご) • (zokugo)
  1. common language (as opposed to literary or poetic language); vernacular; colloquialism
    Sense id: en-俗語-ja-noun-KuklVKkh Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Linguistics Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 25 26 2 28 19 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 19 20 10 23 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 18 24 20 15 23 Disambiguation of Linguistics: 29 28 0 29 14
  2. an informal language used outside of standard usage; slang Synonyms: スラング
    Sense id: en-俗語-ja-noun-k31YkBVz Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Linguistics Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 25 26 2 28 19 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 19 20 10 23 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 18 24 20 15 23 Disambiguation of Linguistics: 29 28 0 29 14
  3. a proverb
    Sense id: en-俗語-ja-noun-3k-UHJB9 Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 19 20 10 23 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 18 24 20 15 23
  4. (Buddhism) a secular language used by the common people
    Sense id: en-俗語-ja-noun-Zz-1gduv Categories (other): Buddhism, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Linguistics Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 25 26 2 28 19 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 19 20 10 23 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 18 24 20 15 23 Disambiguation of Linguistics: 29 28 0 29 14 Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
  5. early modern spoken Chinese
    Sense id: en-俗語-ja-noun-dJsaZ0g6 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Linguistics Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 25 26 2 28 19 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 19 20 10 23 28 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 19 17 10 18 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 18 24 20 15 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 18 18 5 18 40 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 19 20 7 18 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 15 15 7 16 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 10 5 10 64 Disambiguation of Linguistics: 29 28 0 29 14
     
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Download raw JSONL data for 俗語 meaning in Japanese (2.2kB)

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