noun

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

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
浪人生 ろうにんせい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

wandering, waves, billows
ロウ なみ なに (8th, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
good, pleasing, skilled
よ.い リョウ ら (4th, N3)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
northeast (Oriental zodiac), stopping, good radical (no. 138)
うしとら コン (Kentei Pre-1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ ころも きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
life, genuine, birth
セイ い.きる う.まれる (1st, N5)