現役 – Vocabulary details

現げん役えき

Meanings

Adjective (の)

Noun

1. active duty; active service

いやいやまだ現げん役えきだぞ。No, no, I'm still active.

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

兄あには現げん役えきで大だい学がくに合ごう格かくした。My older brother got into university on his first try, straight out of high school.

Kanji used

現

right now

役

role

Pitch accent

げ

んえき

Used in: 1783

Composed of

現げん

present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing

役えき

war; campaign; battle; (arch.) unpaid work (ritsuryō system); (arch.) forced labor

Used in vocabulary (5 in total)

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))

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

現げん役えき世せ代だい

working generation; people still working

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Examples (8 in total)

まだまだ現げん役えきですからなあ。

I'm still very much active, you know.

いやいやまだ現げん役えきだぞ。

No, no, I'm still active.

祖そ父ふは90歳さいですが、まだ現げん役えきです。

My grandfather is 90 years old and is still very active.

兄あには現げん役えきで大だい学がくに合ごう格かくした。

My older brother got into university on his first try, straight out of high school.

現げん役えきで合ごう格かくできなかったので、一いち年ねん浪ろう人にんした。

I didn't pass while still in high school, so I spent a year studying to retake the exams.

おかげで、この年としでも現げん役えきじゃよ。

Thanks to that, I am still active even at this age.

祖そ父ふは六ろく十じゅう五ご歳さいで現げん役えきを退しりぞいた。

My grandfather retired from active work at sixty-five.

だけど、現げん役えきで京きょう大だいに入はいることはできなかったんです。