통속

popular fiction, popular culture

noun Rare #26,382
popular fiction, popular culture Often used in compounds such as 통속 소설, “popular fiction”; can imply work aimed at ordinary tastes rather than high art.
KO: 그는 통속 소설을 즐겨 읽어요.
EN: He enjoys reading popular fiction.

그걸 소설, 그러니까 통속 로맨스로 써 볼 수 있어.

You could write it as a novel—like a romance novel, I mean.

가부키 예술 이든 뭐 든, 결국 같은 통속 이잖아.

Whether it's Kabuki or any other art form, it's all the same in the end.

— 국보 (2025)

빈센트는 정치 이야기를 할 때 만큼이나 이런 통속 소설 이야기를 즐겼다.

Vincent enjoyed talking about popular novels just as much as he enjoyed talking about politics.

교회 한 통속 이야

The church is all in cahoots.

— 브로커 (2022)