Runners-up included the characters for “rice” and “tall” or “expensive,” with voters citing a rising cost of living. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/12/japan/society/kanji-of-the-year-bears/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #kanji #nihongo #language #kiyomizutemple #kyoto #surveys
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Kanji: 俗
vulgar, customs, manners, worldliness, mundane things
ゾク
民俗 (みんぞく) — folk customs
風俗 (ふうぞく) — manners
民俗学 (みんぞくがく) — folklore studies
風俗店 (ふうぞくてん) — sex establishment
民俗芸能 (みんぞくげいのう) — folk entertainment
世俗 (せいぞく) — worldly things
俗に言う (ぞくにいう) — to be commonly referred to as
俗に (ぞくに) — as slang
習俗 (しゅうぞく) — manners and customs
低俗 (ていぞく) — vulgar
✍ 9
🏫 中学
Kanji: 俗
vulgar, customs, manners, worldliness, mundane things
ゾク
民俗 (みんぞく) — folk customs
風俗 (ふうぞく) — manners
民俗学 (みんぞくがく) — folklore studies
風俗店 (ふうぞくてん) — sex establishment
民俗芸能 (みんぞくげいのう) — folk entertainment
世俗 (せいぞく) — worldly things
俗に言う (ぞくにいう) — to be commonly referred to as
俗に (ぞくに) — as slang
習俗 (しゅうぞく) — manners and customs
低俗 (ていぞく) — vulgar
✍ 9
🏫 中学