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JLPT N1no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

現げん役えき

gen'eki

active service, still active

Used for people who have not retired from their work or role. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

彼かれは７０歳さいだけどまだ現役げんえきです。
At seventy, he is still active.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
現役げんえき時代じだいの体格たいかくは175cm、125kg。
His height and weight during his playing days were 175cm and 125kg.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
現役げんえきの陸軍大将りくぐんたいしょうとして陸軍大臣りくぐんだいじんを兼務けんむした。
He held concurrently the post of Minister of the Army as an Army General on active duty.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 現役

現present; existingOnゲンKunあらわれる・あらわす・うつつ
役duty; warOnヤク・エキ

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