現役 – Vocabulary details

現げん役えき

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.

right now

role

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んえき

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

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

passing university entrance exams in the last year of high school (instead of failing then taking gap year(s))

student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try

working generation; people still working

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.

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