俗世

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 俗世, read ぞくせ, means the secular world or the bustle of ordinary worldly life.
• Basic usage: It can contrast religious retreat with everyday society or figuratively name the routine pressures someone wants to forget.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The secular world and everyday bustle
  • It can mean the secular world left for religious training or, more figuratively, the bustle of everyday life that someone wants to forget on vacation.