Japanese Word Entry

俗語
Kana:ぞくご
Romaji:zokugo
Definition: colloquialism, colloquial language, slang

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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

word, speech, language, words, saying, expression
Readings
Mandarin: ㄩˇ (yǔ), ㄩˋ (yù)
Cantonese: jyu5
Japanese: ゴ (go)、 ギョ (gyo) / かた.る (kataru)、 かた.らう (katarau)、 ことば (kotoba)、 つげる (tsugeru)
Korean: 어 (eo)
Vietnamese: ngữ, ngứ
Variants
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