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俗累 (ぞくるい, zokurui) Japanese meaning: worldly cares | Kotomora じ 字
Kanji 俗 vulgar, customs, manners 累 accumulate, involvement, trouble Related words 俗ぞく 事じ 俗事 refers more concretely to worldly affairs or secular business, while 俗累 emphasizes the burdensome, entangling aspect of such affairs.
俗ぞく 念ねん 俗念 means worldly thoughts or desires, focusing on the mental aspect, whereas 俗累 refers to the external troubles and ties themselves.
Etymology 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.
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