俗ぞく称しょう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

common name; popular name

A name used by the general public, as opposed to an official or technical term. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to call something by its common name'.

• この植しょく物ぶつの俗ぞく称しょうは「猫ねこじゃらし」です。

  The common name for this plant is 'cat teaser'.

• 地じ元もとではその山やまを「おにぎり山やま」と俗ぞく称しょうしている。

  Locals commonly call that mountain 'Rice-ball Mountain'.

noun

secular name (of a Buddhist monk)

Specifically the name a Buddhist monk used before ordination, as opposed to their religious name (法名). Compare 俗名.

See also: 俗名

• 彼かれの俗ぞく称しょうは田た中なか太た郎ろうだが、僧そう名めいは空くう海かいだ。

  His secular name is Tanaka Taro, but his Buddhist name is Kukai.