浪人

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): làngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˋ ㄖㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: làngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: làngrén
    • Wade–Giles: lang⁴-jên²
    • Yale: làng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lanqren
    • Palladius: ланжэнь (lanžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 浪人

1. hobo; vagabond
2. ruffian
3. Japanese ronin

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
浪	人
ろう Grade: S	にん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese compound (deprecated template usage) 浪人 (lang nyin, literally “wasteful or reckless person”). Compare modern (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Chinese (deprecated template usage) 浪人 (làngrén).

Originally referred to someone who had no fixed residence. Used in the context of the Ritsuryō legal system of Nara and Heian period Japan to refer to someone who had intentionally left their registered residence in order to avoid tax liabilities and corvee labor requirements. Later in the Muromachi period, came to refer to samurai who had left or lost their lords. This meaning was extended in more recent times to refer to potentially anyone who was not employed, and then again to refer to high-school graduates who have failed the annual university entrance exams and are studying for the next year's exams.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• ろうにん (Heiban – [0])
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [ɺ̠o̞ːnĩɴ]

Noun

浪(ろう)人(にん) • (rōnin) ^{←らうにん (raunin)?}

1. a masterless samurai
2. a vagrant, a vagabond, a wanderer
   • 1177–1188: Iroha Jiruishō:

     浪（ラウ）人

3. someone in exile
   • 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho, page 541:

     Rǒnin. ラゥニン (牢人) 追放された人.

   More specifically spelled 牢人.

4. a prisoner

   More specifically spelled 牢人.

5. someone who has been laid off or fired, an unemployed person
   • 1682: 好色一代男 (page 70)

     罷出たるは此あたり八百八祢宜の子共、諸方の浪人友噪ぎにして、かざえ扇は、何しのぶぞかし。

   • 1686: 好色一代女 (page 363)

     「こなたは御牢人衆なるが、御奉公済ざるうちは、折ふし気慰に御入あるべし。」

   • 1686: 好色一代女 (page 437)

     「京の石垣くづれなりと、さる御牢人衆の娘御なりと、新町で天神して居た女郎の果なりと、おまえへさまも見しらしやつて御ざんす事も」と

6. a student who failed the annual university entrance exams and is waiting to take them again: 浪人生 (​rōninsei)

Derived terms

• 浪人生 (ろうにんせい, ​rōninsei): a student who failed the annual university entrance exams and is waiting to take them again

Synonyms

• (wanderer): 流浪人 (るろうにん, ​rurōnin), 流浪者 (るろうしゃ, ​rurōsha)
• (unemployed person): 失業者 (しつぎょうしゃ, ​shitsugyōsha)
• (exile, prisoner): 牢者 (ろうしゃ, ​rōsha)

Verb

浪(ろう)人(にん)する • (rōnin suru) ^{←らうにん (raunin)?}suru (stem 浪(ろう)人(にん)し (rōnin shi), past 浪(ろう)人(にん)した (rōnin shita))

1. to become unemployed, to lose one's job
2. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) to lose one's master
3. to study for the following year's annual university entrance exams after failing

Conjugation

Conjugation of "浪人する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	浪人し	ろうにんし	rōnin shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	浪人し	ろうにんし	rōnin shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	浪人する	ろうにんする	rōnin suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	浪人する	ろうにんする	rōnin suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	浪人すれ	ろうにんすれ	rōnin sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	浪人せよ¹ 浪人しろ²	ろうにんせよ¹ ろうにんしろ²	rōnin seyo¹ rōnin shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	浪人される	ろうにんされる	rōnin sareru
Causative	浪人させる 浪人さす	ろうにんさせる ろうにんさす	rōnin saseru rōnin sasu
Potential	浪人できる	ろうにんできる	rōnin dekiru
Volitional	浪人しよう	ろうにんしよう	rōnin shiyō
Negative	浪人しない	ろうにんしない	rōnin shinai
Negative continuative	浪人せず	ろうにんせず	rōnin sezu
Formal	浪人します	ろうにんします	rōnin shimasu
Perfective	浪人した	ろうにんした	rōnin shita
Conjunctive	浪人して	ろうにんして	rōnin shite
Hypothetical conditional	浪人すれば	ろうにんすれば	rōnin sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

• (become unemployed): 失業 (しつぎょう, ​shitsugyō)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
浪	人

Noun

浪人 • (nang'in) (hangeul 낭인)

1. hanja form^? of 낭인 (“vagabond”)