Illustration: In a modest Edo tenement room, a samurai in a worn, carefully mended kimono earns his supper by attaching ribs to an unfinished paper umbrella. His long and short swords rest within reach beside a rolled sleeping mat and a small travel bundle.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

浪ろう人にん

rounin

masterless samurai

Example sentences

  1. 関ヶ原せきがはらの戦後せんご、しばらくは浪人ろうにんとなった。

    After the battle of Sekigahara, Tsunaie led a life of masterless samurai for a while.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 順慶じゅんけいの死後しご、重政しげまさは筒井氏つついしを離はなれ浪人ろうにんとなる。

    After Junkei’s death, Shigemasa left the Tsutsui clan and became lordless.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. また、浪人ろうにん問題もんだいを解消かいしょうすべく、多おおくの対策たいさくを打うち出だした。

    He launched numerous measures to resolve the problems of masterless samurai.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 浪人

  • 浪wandering; wavesOnロウ
  • 人personOnジン・ニンKunひと

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