浪ろう人にん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

ronin; masterless samurai

Historical term for a samurai without a lord, especially during the Edo period.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、主しゅ君くんを失うしなった武ぶ士しは浪ろう人にんと呼よばれた。

  In the Edo period, a samurai who lost his lord was called a ronin.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

high school graduate retaking university entrance exams

Only when written 浪人

Modern educational term for a student who has graduated high school but is studying to retake university entrance exams, often after failing the first attempt. Can also be used as a verb with する.

• 彼かれは第だい一いち志し望ぼうの大だい学がくに落おちて、一いち年ねん間かん浪ろう人にんすることにした。

  He failed to get into his first-choice university and decided to spend a year as a ronin student.

• 浪ろう人にん生せい活かつは大たい変へんだが、目もく標ひょうのために頑がん張ばっている。

  Life as a ronin student is tough, but I'm working hard for my goal.

noun

unemployed person; jobless person

Only when written 浪人

Informal extension of the ronin concept to describe someone who is out of work, often between jobs.

• 会かい社しゃを辞やめてから、しばらく浪ろう人にんしていた。

  After quitting my job, I was unemployed for a while.

noun

wanderer; drifter

Only when written 浪人

Archaic original meaning, referring to a person who wanders without a fixed home or purpose. Rarely used in modern Japanese.

• 古こ語ごでは、浪ろう人にんは単たんにさすらい人びとを意い味みした。

  In old language, 浪人 simply meant a wanderer.