げん
現
えき
役
せい
生

noun

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

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
げん
現
えき
役
せい
生
 現役生 げんえきせい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

present, existing, actual
ゲン　あらわ.れる　うつ.つ (5th, N3)
king, rule, magnate
オウ　-ノウ　おお (1st, N3)
see, hopes, chances
み.る　ケン (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)
duty, war, campaign
ヤク　エキ　ちゃく (3rd, N3)
stop, linger, loiter
テキ　たたず.む (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
pike, windy-again radical (no. 79)
シュ　また　ほこ (Kentei 1)
table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)
キ　きにょう (Kentei 1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また　ユウ　やす (8th, N1)
life, genuine, birth
セイ　い.きる　う.まれる (1st, N5)