俗ぞく了りょう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

vulgarization; becoming vulgar

Archaic noun and suru-verb meaning that something refined or elegant becomes vulgar or commonplace. Rarely used in modern Japanese; encountered mainly in older texts.

• 古こ典てん文ぶん学がくの研けん究きゅうで「俗ぞく了りょう」という語ごを見みかけることがある。

  In the study of classical literature, one sometimes comes across the word 俗了.

• この風ふう習しゅうは時じ代だいとともに俗ぞく了りょうしてしまった。

  This custom became vulgarized over time.