ronin
1
9.9
A student who failed an entrance exam and studies to try again
- noun
- /ˈroʊnɪn/
:
ronin
- He spent his ronin years focused solely on improving his exam scores to gain admission to a better university.
- ronin, a student
- ronin years
Examples
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After failing the university entrance exam, she dedicated a year as a ronin student to study harder.
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After two years of ronin, we were both accepted at a mediocre college near Tokyo.
Fiction book (1990) -
He was the nobody I almost was, and after high school, we spent two years at a ronin preparatory school trying to get into a college.
Fiction book (1990) -
Many high school graduates in Japan become ronin as they prepare to retake their entrance exams.
Synonyms
student
vsronin
∞
1.0
A person who studies at a school or university
is specifically someone who failed an entrance exam and studies to retake it
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ronin in Japan is a student who failed an entrance exam and studies to try again. The word comes from the Japanese rōnin, made of rō 'wave' and nin 'person', which suggests a student 'drifting' while waiting for a new chance.