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脱俗

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See also: 脫俗

Chinese

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see 脫俗 (“to keep aloof from the worldly affairs; to be free of all vulgarity; etc.”).
(This term is the simplified and variant traditional form of 脫俗).
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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
だつ
Grade: S
ぞく
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
脫俗 (kyūjitai)

Noun

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(だつ)(ぞく) (datsuzoku

  1. unworldliness, the quality of being beyond worldly matters, saintliness
    • 2005, Masanori Kabashima, E o mite dekiru zenteki taisō [Zen exercise through looking at pictures], page 26:
      (だつ)(ぞく)というと、(ぞく)()(けん)()てて、お(ぼう)さんになることだ、と(おも)っている(ひと)がいますが、それは(ひょう)(そう)(こと)(がら)です。
      Datsuzoku to iu to, zokuseken o sutete, obōsan ni naru koto da, to omotteiru hito ga imasu ga, sore wa hyōsō no kotogara desu.
      People think datsuzoku is discarding the secular world to become a monk, but that is only the surface of things.

Verb

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(だつ)(ぞく)する (datsuzoku surusuru (stem (だつ)(ぞく) (datsuzoku shi), past (だつ)(ぞく)した (datsuzoku shita))

  1. to rise above worldly affairs, to be detached from the world