大だい学がく浪ろう人にん

noun

high school graduate studying for university entrance exam retake

Refers to someone who has graduated from high school but did not pass their desired university entrance exams and is now studying to retake them, often while not enrolled in any school. The term 浪人 (ronin) originally meant a masterless samurai, and by extension a student without a school affiliation.

• 彼かれは大だい学がく浪ろう人にんとして一いち年ねん間かん予よ備び校こうに通かよった。

  He attended a prep school for a year as a ronin student.

• 大だい学がく浪ろう人にんの生せい活かつは精せい神しん的てきにきついと言いわれる。

  Life as a ronin student is said to be mentally tough.