Translation guide
Refers to matters of everyday life, society, or the secular world, often contrasted with spiritual or religious concerns.
To refer to non-religious, practical, or social concerns of daily life.
Common term for secular or worldly affairs, often used in contrast to spiritual or religious matters.
To refer to affairs concerning society, politics, or public life.
To refer to concerns about money, status, or material possessions, often with a negative or detached nuance.
Worldly desires or material cravings, often used in religious or philosophical contexts.
俗欲を捨てて出家した。
He renounced worldly desires and became a monk.
Monks devote themselves to training, away from worldly affairs.
Refers to the secular world or worldly matters, often with a nuance of being non-religious or common.
彼は世俗の成功には興味がない。
He has no interest in worldly success.
Literally 'things of the world', a more colloquial way to refer to worldly affairs.
世の中の事にうとい。
I'm out of touch with worldly affairs.
He is ignorant of worldly affairs.
The secular world, emphasizing the mundane or common society.
俗世間のしがらみから逃れたい。
I want to escape the entanglements of worldly affairs.