worldly cares; mundane troubles
A somewhat literary term for the burdens and entanglements of everyday life, often contrasted with spiritual or artistic pursuits. Not an everyday word.
I want to leave worldly cares behind and live quietly deep in the mountains.
He devoted himself to his research without being bothered by mundane troubles.
Compound of 俗 (worldly, vulgar) and 累 (troubles, ties). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used in literary Japanese to denote the entanglements of secular life.