ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
person who has spent X years after graduating high school attempting to get admitted to (a specific) university
juvenile vagrant; street urchin; waif; guttersnipe
student waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination
vagrant; vagabond; drifter
vagrancy; vagabondage; wander around
wandering people; nomadic tribe
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
wasteful person; spendthrift
vagrant habits; vagabondism; wanderlust
naniwabushi; variety of sung narrative popular during the Edo period
(leading) a vagabond life; (leading) a wandering existence
poor or lowly masterless samurai
wandering; jobless; unemployed
whitecaps; white-crested waves; thief
failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
romantic school; romanticism
wind and wave; rough seas
jobless university graduate
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
Taishō romanticism (style of art, architecture, etc.)
rōkyoku; naniwabushi; recitation of stories accompanied by samisen
blue waves; blue wave; hair that has lost its shine due to ageing
water's edge; beach; foreshore
rising sea waves from late May to early June
student preparing to re-take initially failed university entrance examinations
failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later
prewar Japanese adventurer (political activist) in mainland China
water's edge; beach; foreshore
tale featuring robbers; kabuki play featuring robbers
student who is trying to get into their preferred college while already enrolled at another college
smaller waves; lesser waves
wandering lordless samurai
bigger wave (when there are multiple waves); larger wave
world of naniwabushi singers
giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis)
wandering; jobless; unemployed
blue waves; blue wave; hair that has lost its shine due to ageing
offing wave; deep water wave
Scutellaria indica (species of skullcap)
wake (of a ship); going missing without a trace
of the old feeling of naniwa-bushi; marked by the dual themes of obligation and compassion that distinguish the naniwa-bushi ballads
romantic thought; philosophy of romance
careless; incoherent; sloppy; negligent
neo-romanticism; neoromanticism
aspiring university student who has failed the entrance examinations at least twice
wedge sea hare (Dolabella auricularia)