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：2026/01/12
浪人
Hiragana
ろうにん
Noun
Japanese Meaning
主家を失った武士、または大学などの入学試験に不合格となり、次の機会を待つ者を指す。
Easy Japanese Meaning
むかし、だれにもつかえていないさむらい。 または、しごとがなく、さまよってくらすひと。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
无主的武士 / 流浪者 / 失业者
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
無主武士 / 流浪者 / 失業者
Korean Meaning
주군 없는 사무라이 / 방랑자 / 실직자
Indonesian
samurai tanpa tuan / gelandangan atau pengembara / orang yang menganggur (ter-PHK) atau orang buangan
Vietnamese Meaning
samurai vô chủ / kẻ lang bạt, lang thang / người thất nghiệp (bị sa thải)
Tagalog Meaning
samuray na walang panginoon / palaboy / taong nawalan ng trabaho
Sense（1）
a masterless samurai
Sense（2）
a vagrant, a vagabond, a wanderer
Sense（3）
someone in exile
Sense（4）
a prisoner
Sense（5）
someone who has been laid off or fired, an unemployed person
Sense（6）
a student who failed the annual university entrance exams and is waiting to take them again: 浪人生 (rōninsei)
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（ hiragana historical ）
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a masterless samurai / a vagrant, a vagabond, a wanderer / someone in exile / a prisoner / someone who has been laid off or fired, an unemployed person
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浪人
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He decided to live as a masterless samurai.
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彼は浪人として生きていく決意をした。
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