浪ろう人にん
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する, intransitive)
Historical
1. ronin; masterless samurai
2. high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination
Noun
3. person out of work; jobless person
4. wanderer; drifter
orig. meaning
Kanji used
wandering
person
Pitch accent
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うにん
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Composed of
person who has spent X years after graduating high school attempting to get admitted to (a specific) university
counter for people
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
student waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination
poor or lowly masterless samurai
jobless university graduate
student preparing to re-take initially failed university entrance examinations
Japanese adventurer (from the Meiji era to the end of WWII) who roamed mainland China and other parts of Asia, engaging in political activities, espionage, smuggling, etc.
student who is trying to get into their preferred college while already enrolled at another college
wandering lordless samurai
giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis)
Examples (1 in total)
I didn't pass while still in high school, so I spent a year studying to retake the exams.