noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
return to secular life; secularization
Buddhist term for a monk or nun leaving the religious order and returning to lay life. Used both as a noun and as a suru-verb.
彼は十年の修行の後、還俗して家族のもとに戻った。
After ten years of training, he returned to secular life and went back to his family.
The monk decided to secularize.