Japanese Word Entry

俗諺
Kana:ぞくげん
Romaji:zokugen
Definition: proverb, popular saying

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Chinese characters used in this word

vulgar, customs, manners, worldliness, mundane things, social customs, unrefined
Readings
Mandarin: ㄙㄨˊ (sú)
Cantonese: zuk6
Japanese: ゾク (zoku) / ならわし (narawashi)
Korean: 속 (sog)
Vietnamese: tục

proverb, maxim
Readings
Mandarin: ㄧㄢˋ (yàn)
Cantonese: jin6
Japanese: ゲン (gen) / ことわざ (kotowaza)
Korean: 언 (eon), 안 (an)
Vietnamese: ngạn
Variants
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