Word Meaning 浪人

ろうにん rounin

浪人 is read as ろうにん (rounin) and means high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination.

Meaning

English

high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination
person out of work
jobless person
ronin
masterless samurai
wanderer
drifter

Reading

Kana

ろうにん

Romaji

rounin

Writing Variants

牢人ろうにん rounin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Related Words 失業者,プータロー,受験,受験生,塾,浪人生,勉強,ホームレス Rank 5028 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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浪人生

ろうにんせい

student waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination

大学浪人

だいがくろうにん

student preparing to re-take initially failed university entrance examinations

大陸浪人

たいりくろうにん

prewar Japanese adventurer (political activist) in mainland China

流浪人

るろうにん

wanderer

就職浪人

しゅうしょくろうにん

jobless university graduate

仮面浪人

かめんろうにん

student who is trying to get into their preferred college while already enrolled at another college

素浪人

すろうにん

poor or lowly masterless samurai

浮浪人

ふろうにん

vagrant

浪人鯵

ろうにんあじ

giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis)

天竺浪人

てんじくろうにん

wandering lordless samurai

白浪五人男

しらなみごにんおとこ

Shiranami Gonin Otoko (common name for the play Aoto Zōshi Hana no Nishiki-e)

浪

なみ

ups and downs