ゲンエキ – Vocabulary details

ゲンエキ

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

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ゲンエキ

Pitch accent

ゲ

ンエキ

Used in: 1

Composed of

ゲン

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

エキ

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

Used in vocabulary (5 in total)

ゲンエキゴウカク

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

ゲンエキセイ

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

ゲンエキセダイ

working generation; people still working

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Examples (8 in total)

まだまだげんえきゲンエキですからなあ。

I'm still very much active, you know.

いやいやまだげんえきゲンエキだぞ。

No, no, I'm still active.

祖そ父ふは90歳さいですが、まだげんえきゲンエキです。

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

兄あにはげんえきゲンエキ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.

げんえきゲンエキ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ゲンエキじゃよ。

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ゲンエキを退しりぞいた。

My grandfather retired from active work at sixty-five.

だけど、げんえきゲンエキ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。