also: しゃばき
noun
worldly desires; worldly ambitions
Refers to attachment to worldly concerns, often used in Buddhist contexts or to describe someone who is still caught up in secular life.
出家しても娑婆気が抜けない人もいる。
Even after becoming a monk, some people can't shake off their worldly desires.
彼は娑婆気が強くて、金儲けのことばかり考えている。
He is very worldly-minded and only thinks about making money.
From 娑婆 (shaba, 'this world' or 'the secular world', from Sanskrit sahā) and 気 (ke, 'spirit' or 'feeling').