語感 Dictionary

浪人

ろうにん

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

Common word Also written 牢人

Meanings

  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive

    ronin; masterless samuraihistorical term
  2. high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination

  3. Noun

    person out of work; jobless person
Rare and archaic meanings (1)
  1. wanderer; drifterArchaic

Example sentences

  • トム、浪人ろうにんするらしいよ。

    It seems Tom will take a year off.