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現げん役えき
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Meanings
Noun
No-adjective
1. active duty; active service
2. student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try (often as 現役で)
Kanji used
現right now役role
Pitch accent
げんえき
Used in vocabulary
現げん役えき合ごう格かく
passing university entrance exams in the last year of high school (instead of failing then taking gap year(s))
Noun
現げん役えき世せ代だい
working generation; people still working
Noun
現げん役えき選せん手しゅ
active player; player on the active list
Noun
現げん役えき生せい
student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
Noun
現げん役えき時じ代だい
active career; one's working life; the years before one retired; playing days
Noun
Examples2
People rarely come to see you once you are retired.
After retirement, Teresa devoted herself to caring for orphans.