多た浪ろう

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

failing entrance exams for multiple years; being a multi-year ronin

Refers to a student who has failed university entrance exams for two or more years and continues to study for retakes. Often carries a nuance of prolonged struggle. Related to 浪人 (ronin), which originally meant a masterless samurai, but here refers to a student without a school affiliation.

See also: 浪人

• 彼かれは多た浪ろうの末すえ、ようやく志し望ぼう校こうに合ごう格かくした。

  After failing entrance exams for multiple years, he finally got into his desired school.

• 多た浪ろうしている学がく生せいは精せい神しん的てきにも大たい変へんだ。

  Students who are multi-year ronin face a lot of mental strain.