also: ぞっけ · ぞくけ · ぞくき
noun
vulgarity; worldliness; worldly ambition
Refers to a coarse, unrefined, or overly materialistic character; often used in literary or critical contexts to describe someone lacking spiritual or aesthetic depth.
彼の作品には俗気がまったく感じられない。
There is no trace of vulgarity in his works.
俗気のない生き方に憧れる。
I admire a way of life free from worldly ambition.
Rare reading; ぞっき or ぞっけ are preferred.
Rare reading; ぞっき or ぞっけ are preferred.
Compound of 俗 (vulgar, worldly) and 気 (spirit, mood). The reading ぞっき is a contraction of ぞくき, with gemination common in Sino-Japanese compounds.