Describes language, behavior, or taste that is crude, unrefined, or lacking in sophistication. Often used for speech or manners.
彼の卑俗な冗談にはうんざりだ。
I'm fed up with his vulgar jokes.
That show is too coarse to watch.
低俗 also means 'vulgar, lowbrow' but often refers to mass media or entertainment that appeals to base instincts. 卑俗 can apply to personal behavior or language as well.
卑俗 describes something vulgar or common, the opposite of the elevated grandeur expressed by 崇高.
Standard kanji spelling for 'vulgar, coarse'.
Rare alternative kanji form; 卑俗 is much more common.
Compound of 卑 (base, lowly) and 俗 (customs, vulgar). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning 'vulgar, coarse'.