多た浪ろう生せい

noun

student who has failed university entrance exams multiple times

Refers to a high school graduate who has been a 浪人 (ronin, a student preparing for university entrance exams after failing once) for multiple years. The prefix 多 (ta) means 'many', indicating repeated failures. Often carries a nuance of persistence or stigma.

See also: 浪人

• 彼かれは多た浪ろう生せいだが、今年ことしこそ医い学がく部ぶに合ごう格かくしたいと言いっている。

  He is a student who has failed the entrance exams multiple times, but he says he wants to pass the medical school exam this year.

• 多た浪ろう生せいの数かずが増ふえているというニュースを読よんだ。

  I read a news article saying the number of students who have failed university entrance exams multiple times is increasing.