Word Meaning

ろう rou

浪 is read as ろう (rou) and means person who has spent X years after graduating high school attempting to get admitted to (a specific) university.

Meaning

English

  1. person who has spent X years after graduating high school attempting to get admitted to (a specific) university

Reading

Kana

ろう

Romaji

rou

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 136939 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

浪人

ろうにん

high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination

浪費

ろうひ

waste

浪速

なにわ

Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)

浪曲

ろうきょく

rōkyoku

浪花節

なにわぶし

naniwabushi

流浪

るろう

vagrancy

波浪

はろう

waves

放浪

ほうろう

wandering

一浪

いちろう

failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later

浮浪者

ふろうしゃ

vagrant

大学浪人

だいがくろうにん

student preparing to re-take initially failed university entrance examinations

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)

Example Sentences

10

うみはつよいなみであれていた。

The sea was rough because of the strong waves.

おおきななみがきしにうちよせた。

A large wave crashed onto the shore.

かれはわかいころ、まちからまちへとほうろうしていた。

When he was young, he wandered from town to town.

ほうろうのすえに、かれはちいさなむらにおちついた。

After a long period of wandering, he finally settled in a small village.

ろうひはやめて、ひつようなものだけかいなさい。

Stop wasting money and buy only what you need.

かのじょはひとりでにほんをほうろうするたびにでた。

She set out on a solo journey wandering around Japan.

たいふうのあと、みなとにはたかいはろうがのこっていた。

After the typhoon, high waves still remained in the harbor.

そんなろうひはながくつづけられない。

That kind of wasteful spending cannot continue for long.

かれのほうろうせいかつはじゅうねんもつづいた。

His wandering life lasted as long as ten years.

Waste makes want.