公序良俗

Reading

Kana: こうじょりょうぞく

Romaji: koujoryōzoku

Definition

noun

1

public order and morals

Note: yojijukugo

Kanji

公

Readings: コウ、 ク、 おおやけ

Meanings: public, prince, official, governmental

序

Readings: ジョ、 つい.で、 ついで

Meanings: preface, beginning, order, precedence, occasion, chance, incidentally

良

Readings: リョウ、 よ.い、 -よ.い、 い.い、 -い.い

Meanings: good, pleasing, skilled

俗

Reading: ゾク

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

Example Sentence

これだけ禁煙(きんえん)、禁煙(きんえん)といわれる以上(いじょう)、喫煙(きつえん)というのは公序良俗(こうじょりょうぞく)に反(はん)する行為(こうい)なんだろうね。

➥There are so many anti-smoking campaigns these days; maybe smoking really is a threat to the public order.