仮か面めん浪ろう人にん

noun

student retaking entrance exams while enrolled elsewhere

Colloquial term for a student who is already attending one university but continues to prepare for and take entrance exams for a more desirable university, keeping their current enrollment as a backup. The word combines 仮面 (mask) with 浪人 (ronin, a student who has graduated high school but not yet entered university), suggesting they are a 'masked ronin' hiding their true intentions.

See also: 浪人

• 彼かれは仮か面めん浪ろう人にんとして、今いまの大だい学がくに通かよいながら東とう大だいを目め指ざしている。

  He is a 'kamen ronin,' attending his current university while aiming for the University of Tokyo.