げんえき – Vocabulary details

げんえき

Meanings

Adjective (の)

Noun

1. active duty; active service

いやいやまだ現げん役えきだぞ。No, no, I'm still active.

2. student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try

often as 現役で

兄あには現げん役えきで大だい学がくに合ごう格かくした。My older brother got into university on his first try, straight out of high school.

Alt. forms

現げん役えき

99%

げんえき

Pitch accent

げ

んえき

Used in: 2

Composed of

げん

present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing

えき

war; campaign; battle; (arch.) unpaid work (ritsuryō system); (arch.) forced labor

Used in vocabulary (5 in total)

げんえきごうかく

passing university entrance exams in the last year of high school (instead of failing then taking gap year(s))

げんえきせい

student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try

げんえきせだい

working generation; people still working

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Examples (8 in total)

まだまだげんえきですからなあ。

I'm still very much active, you know.

いやいやまだげんえきだぞ。

No, no, I'm still active.

祖そ父ふは90歳さいですが、まだげんえきです。

My grandfather is 90 years old and is still very active.

兄あにはげんえきで大だい学がくに合ごう格かくした。

My older brother got into university on his first try, straight out of high school.

げんえきで合ごう格かくできなかったので、一いち年ねん浪ろう人にんした。

I didn't pass while still in high school, so I spent a year studying to retake the exams.

おかげで、この年としでもげんえきじゃよ。

Thanks to that, I am still active even at this age.

祖そ父ふは六ろく十じゅう五ご歳さいでげんえきを退しりぞいた。

My grandfather retired from active work at sixty-five.

だけど、げんえきで京きょう大だいに入はいることはできなかったんです。