現げん役えき生せい

noun

student taking entrance exams while still in school; student who passed entrance exams on the first try

Refers to a student who takes or passes university entrance exams while still enrolled in high school, as opposed to a 浪人生 (rōnin) who has already graduated. The second gloss is a common extended meaning.

See also: 現役

• 彼かれは現げん役えき生せいとして東とう大だいに合ごう格かくした。

  He passed the University of Tokyo entrance exam as a current high school student.

• 現げん役えき生せいのうちに志し望ぼう校こうに受うかりたい。

  I want to get into my desired university while I'm still a high school student.