ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
person who has spent X years after graduating high school attempting to get admitted to (a specific) university
juvenile vagrant; street urchin; waif; guttersnipe
student waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination
vagrancy; vagabondage; wander around
wandering people; nomadic tribe
vagrant; vagabond; drifter
wasteful person; spendthrift
poor or lowly masterless samurai
vagrant habits; vagabondism; wanderlust
wandering; jobless; unemployed
(leading) a vagabond life; (leading) a wandering existence
failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later
wind and wave; rough seas
jobless university graduate
rōkyoku; naniwabushi; recitation of stories accompanied by samisen
blue waves; blue wave; hair that has lost its shine due to ageing
student preparing to re-take initially failed university entrance examinations
prewar Japanese adventurer (political activist) in mainland China
student who is trying to get into their preferred college while already enrolled at another college
wandering lordless samurai
world of naniwabushi singers
romantic thought; philosophy of romance
aspiring university student who has failed the entrance examinations at least twice
neo-romanticism; neoromanticism
careless; incoherent; sloppy; negligent
giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis)