俗ぞく務む

noun

secular affairs; worldly cares; daily routine

Refers to mundane, non-spiritual tasks and obligations of everyday life. Often used in contrast to religious, artistic, or intellectual pursuits.

• 俗ぞく務むに追おわれて、なかなか読どく書しょの時じ間かんが取とれない。

  I'm so caught up in daily chores that I can hardly find time to read.

• 僧そう侶りょといえども、寺てらの運うん営えいという俗ぞく務むからは逃のがれられない。

  Even a monk cannot escape the secular duties of running a temple.