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通俗的 (つうぞくてき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

通つう俗ぞく的てき

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Common word›JLPTN1›

Meanings

1

popular; common; commonplace

Describes something widely known, accessible, or aimed at the general public, often with a nuance of being non-specialist or unsophisticated.

この本ほんは通つう俗

ぞく

的てき

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科か

学がく

解かい

説せつ

書しょ

だ

。

This book is a popular science guide.

彼かれの考かんがえ方かたはとても通つう俗ぞく的てきで、深ふかみがない。

His way of thinking is very commonplace and lacks depth.

Usage patterns

通つう俗ぞく的てきな〈物もの〉a popularized/commonplace ~ (novel, explanation, etc.)
この本ほんは歴れき史しを通つう俗ぞく的てきな小しょう説せつとして描えがいている。
This book depicts history as a popular novel.
〈事こと〉が通つう俗ぞく的てきだ~ is commonplace/unsophisticated
彼かれの意い見けんは通つう俗ぞく的てきすぎると批ひ判はんされた。
His opinion was criticized as being too commonplace.
〈物もの〉に通つう俗ぞく的てきな人にん気きがあるto have broad, mass-market popularity
その映えい画がは通つう俗ぞく的てきな人にん気きを得えた。
The movie gained broad popular appeal.

Kanji

通traffic, pass through, avenue
俗vulgar, customs, manners
的bull's eye, mark, target

Related words

一いっ般ぱん的てきN3
一般的 is a neutral term for 'general/common', while 通俗的 specifically implies something popularized for the masses and can carry a nuance of being unsophisticated.
大たい衆しゅう的てき
大衆的 emphasizes belonging to mass culture or the general populace, while 通俗的 focuses more on accessibility and a lack of specialist depth.
俗ぞくっぽい
俗っぽい is a casual, spoken-register word for 'vulgar/tacky', while 通俗的 is a more formal, written-register term for 'popular but unsophisticated'.
庶しょ民みん的てき
通俗的 describes something simplified or geared to popular taste, often with a slightly negative 'low-brow' nuance, whereas 庶民的 more neutrally evokes ordinary people's everyday life.

Opposites

専せん門もん的てき
専門的 describes something specialized and technical, the opposite of 通俗的's sense of being accessible to the general public.
高こう尚しょうN1
高尚 describes something noble or intellectually elevated, contrasting with 通俗的's implication of being unsophisticated or lowbrow.

Don't confuse with

世せ俗ぞく的てき
世俗的 means 'secular/worldly' (as opposed to religious/spiritual), whereas 通俗的 means 'popular/commonplace'; the two share the kanji 俗 but differ in meaning.

Built from

通つう俗ぞく+的てき

Etymology

Compound of 通俗 (popular, common) + 的 (-like, -ish). 通俗 is itself from 通 (pass through, common) and 俗 (customs, vulgar).