習俗

• 読み: しゅうぞく
• ローマ字: shuuzoku
• 漢字の分解: 習 (shuu) — learn, practice, custom; 俗 (zoku) — customs, folk, popular
• 発音: /ɕɯː.zo.kɯ/

意味

Manners and customs; folkways; social practices. Traditional customs and ways of life.

A noun referring to the customs, manners, and traditional practices of a society or community. More academic and formal than 風習 (fuushuu, custom) or 習慣 (shuukan, habit). Often used in anthropological, sociological, and historical contexts. Common collocations include 民間習俗 (minkan shuuzoku, folk customs) and 習俗を調べる (shuuzoku wo shiraberu, to research customs). Emphasises collective, traditional behaviour patterns.

例文

1. 各地域の習俗を比較する研究が進められている。
2. その島には本土と異なる独自の習俗が残っている。
3. 近代化に伴い、古い習俗が失われつつある。

使い方ガイド

場面: anthropology, history, cultural studies

トーン: academic

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese: 習 (shuu, learn/practice/custom) + 俗 (zoku, customs/folk/popular). Literally 'practised customs' — the habitual ways of life within a community.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal