俗っぽい

• 読み: ぞくっぽい
• ローマ字: zokuppoi
• 漢字の分解: 俗 (zoku) — common, vulgar, worldly, secular
• 発音: /zo.kɯp.po.i/

意味

Vulgar; common; lowbrow; unrefined. Describes something lacking in taste, elegance, or cultural distinction.

An i-adjective combining 俗 (zoku, common/vulgar/worldly) with the suffix っぽい (tending toward; having the quality of). Milder than 下品 (crude/indecent); 俗っぽい describes a lack of sophistication rather than outright vulgarity. Often used in aesthetic criticism—design, fashion, speech, or behaviour that aims for elegance but falls short, or that panders to mass tastes without refinement. The っぽい suffix adds a sense of 'smacking of' or 'having an air of,' making the judgement slightly more subjective and colloquial.

例文

1. 俗っぽいデザインの広告が街中に溢れ、せっかくの景観が台無しになっている。
2. 内容は良いのに表紙が俗っぽいせいで、手に取ってもらいにくい本だと思う。
3. 彼の冗談はいつも少し俗っぽくて、場の雰囲気をしらけさせることがある。

使い方ガイド

場面: aesthetics, design, fashion, social critique, humour

トーン: negative

起源と歴史

Compound of 俗 (zoku, the common/secular/vulgar world) and the Japanese suffix っぽい (having the quality of; tending toward). The character 俗 originally contrasted the ordinary secular world with the sacred or refined; over time it acquired connotations of coarseness and lack of taste.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal