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俗世
ぞくせぞくせい
1. [n]
▶ this world
▶ everyday world
▶ earthly existence
▶ mundane life



History:
4. A 2022-12-12 17:11:54  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
prog, gg5
  Diff:
@@ -15 +14,0 @@
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
@@ -17 +16,3 @@
-<gloss>earthly life</gloss>
+<gloss>everyday world</gloss>
+<gloss>earthly existence</gloss>
+<gloss>mundane life</gloss>
3. A* 2022-12-12 03:27:39  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
I listened to some pronunciations on youglish and I think they're mostly saying ぞくせ. The smaller kokugos seem to prefer it too.
https://youglish.com/pronounce/俗世/japanese

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーー─┬────────╮
│ 俗世   │ 36,346 │
│ ぞくせい │  8,544 │ 🡠 preferred by daijr/s, koj, obunsha
│ ぞくせ  │  3,477 │ 🡠 preferred by meikyo, shinmeikai, sankoku, iwakoku
╰─ーーーー─┴────────╯
  Diff:
@@ -8 +8 @@
-<reb>ぞくせい</reb>
+<reb>ぞくせ</reb>
@@ -11 +11 @@
-<reb>ぞくせ</reb>
+<reb>ぞくせい</reb>
2. A 2012-12-06 09:56:41  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2012-12-05 22:06:27  Paul Upchurch <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijs
  Diff:
@@ -10,0 +10,3 @@
+<r_ele>
+<reb>ぞくせ</reb>
+</r_ele>

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