俗

ぞく

layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk)

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Example sentences

ウチは俗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.

できることなら俗語は使わないようにしなさい。

Don't use slang if you can help it.