Moto 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
- ronin; masterless samurainoun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
- high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examinationnoun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
- person out of work; jobless personnoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- wanderer; drifternoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Kanji in 浪人
- 浪Wandering; Waves; BillowsRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N1
- 人PersonRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N5
Words that share its kanji
- 放浪ほうろうwandering
- 浪費ろうひwaste; extravagance
- 一浪いちろうfailing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later
- 波浪はろうwaves; billows
- 流浪るろうvagrancy; wandering
- 浪曲ろうきょくrōkyoku; naniwabushi
- 浪花節なにわぶしnaniwabushi; variety of sung narrative popular during the Edo period
- 浪速なにわNaniwa (former name for Osaka region)
- 三人さんにんthree people
- 二人ふたりtwo persons; two people
- 人々ひとびとpeople; men and women
- 人口じんこうpopulation
- 人気にんきpopularity; public favor
- 人間にんげんhuman being; human
- 個人こじんindividual; private person
- 外国人がいこくじんforeigner; foreign citizen
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