浪

Counter

person who has spent X years after graduating high school attempting to get admitted to (a specific) university

wave; billow; ripple; breaker; swell

Idiomatic expression

ups and downs

(something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; succession of changes

Art, aesthetics

tendency; (new) wave

waste; extravagance

Historical term; Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb

ronin; masterless samurai

浪人 only; Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb

high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination

浪人 only

person out of work; jobless person

浪人 only; Archaic; Orig. meaning

wanderer; drifter

romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale

(nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; great undertaking; epic adventure

(full-length) novel

romance; love affair

romanticism

ronin; lordless samurai

student waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination

wasteful person; spendthrift

naniwabushi; variety of sung narrative popular during the Edo period

wandering; jobless; unemployed

wasteful habits

rōkyoku; naniwabushi; recitation of stories accompanied by samisen

giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis)

of the old feeling of naniwa-bushi; marked by the dual themes of obligation and compassion that distinguish the naniwa-bushi ballads

native of Osaka

romantic thought; philosophy of romance

Rare term

world of naniwabushi singers

failing entrance exams for repeated years

tsunami; tidal wave

wandering; roaming; drifting

water's edge; beach; foreshore

Now deprecated

vagrant; vagabond; tramp; homeless person; hobo; bum

vagrancy; wandering; nomadism

Company name

Sina Corporation