風俗

• 読み: ふうぞく
• ローマ字: fuuzoku
• 漢字の分解: 風 (fuu) — wind, manner, style; 俗 (zoku) — custom, popular, worldly
• 発音: /ɸɯː.zo.kɯ/

意味

Manners; customs; social practices. The traditional ways and habits of a society or era.

A noun with two distinct meanings. In its traditional sense, it refers to the manners, customs, and social practices of a people or period — appearing in historical and cultural contexts like 風俗画 (fuuzokuga, genre painting depicting daily life) and 風俗習慣 (fuuzoku shuukan, manners and customs). In modern colloquial Japanese, 風俗 can also refer to the adult entertainment industry, so context is important. The N2-level meaning focuses on the cultural/historical usage.

例文

1. 江戸時代の風俗を描いた絵が展示されている。
2. 各国の風俗を比較する授業は興味深かった。
3. この地域には独自の風俗が残っている。

使い方ガイド

場面: history, cultural studies, anthropology

トーン: academic

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese: 風 (fuu, wind/manner) + 俗 (zoku, custom/popular). Literally 'the winds and ways of the people' — how a society lives and behaves.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Educated