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He applied himself to his study, without thought for his normal life.
彼は俗事をかえりみず研究に没頭した。
Manners and customs vary greatly from country to country.
風俗習慣は国によって大きな違いがある。
She is extremely vulgar in her speech.
彼女は話し振りが極めて凡俗だ。
It was wrong to try to judge happiness in terms of worldly success.
幸福と言うものを世俗的な成功と言う点から考えるのは間違っている。
However, in general, it seems that the Emperors had continued without seeking worldly power.
だが、概ね天皇は世俗権力を追求することなく存続してきたようです。
Although it was a popular movie, Out of Africa was more of a coffee-table movie than anything else.
「愛と哀しみの果て」は俗受けしたけど何といっても映像のきれいな映画だった。
There are so many anti-smoking campaigns these days; maybe smoking really is a threat to the public order.
これだけ禁煙、禁煙といわれる以上、喫煙というのは公序良俗に反する行為なんだろうね。
He rises above the rest of mankind.
彼は凡俗を超越している。
In Korea, there's a popular theory that says that: "If you eat a quarter of an Iceberg lettuce, you will fall asleep". Thus, amongst truck drivers in Korea, lettuce is known as something that should not be eaten before work.
