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浪人ろうにん (rounin)

lordless samurai; unsuccessful examinee

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Meaning

浪人 (ろうにん, rounin) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “lordless samurai; unsuccessful examinee”.

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Example sentences 9

息子むすこは1年ねん浪人ろうにんしました

My son spent a year preparing to retake the university entrance exams.

私は今浪人生です。

I am now a student studying for entrance exams after failing them.

自称、京都浪人17歳。

He called himself a ronin (masterless samurai) of 17 years in Kyoto.

浪人.私は今浪人生です。

I am a student who failed the entrance exams and am studying to take them again.

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