俗受け

Reading

Kana: ぞくうけ

Romaji: zokuuke

Definition

noun

vs

1

popular appeal

Kanji

俗

Reading: ゾク

Meanings: vulgar, customs, manners, worldliness, mundane things

受

Readings: ジュ、 う.ける、 -う.け、 う.かる

Meanings: accept, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch, receive

Example Sentence

「愛(あい)と哀(かな)しみの果(は)て」は俗受(ぞくう)けしたけど何(なに)といっても映像(えいぞう)のきれいな映画(えいが)だった。

➥Although it was a popular movie, Out of Africa was more of a coffee-table movie than anything else.