世せ俗ぞく

noun

worldly things; common customs; ordinary life

Refers to the everyday, non-religious, material aspects of society and life; often contrasted with spiritual or monastic concerns.

• 彼かれは世せ俗ぞくの欲よくから離はなれて、静しずかな生せい活かつを送おくっている。

  He lives a quiet life, detached from worldly desires.

• この小しょう説せつは江え戸ど時じ代だいの世せ俗ぞくをよく描えがいている。

  This novel vividly depicts the common customs of the Edo period.

noun

the world; the common people; the masses

Used to refer to society at large or the general public, often in a slightly formal or literary context.

• 世せ俗ぞくの意い見けんに流ながされず、自じ分ぶんの信しん念ねんを貫つらぬいた。

  He stuck to his beliefs without being swayed by public opinion.

noun

secularity

Specifically the quality of being secular, often used in compounds like 世俗主義 (secularism).

See also: 世俗主義

• 「世せ俗ぞく主しゅ義ぎ」という言こと葉ばは、宗しゅう教きょうと政せい治じの分ぶん離りを意い味みする。

  The term 'secularism' means the separation of religion and politics.