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KANJI
浪
wave
drift, wander, excessive, prodigal
Kun'yomi
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On'yomi
ろうrou
Example sentences
彼かれは無駄むだな買かい物もので給料きゅうりょうを浪費ろうひした。
He wasted his salary on unnecessary shopping.
大学受験だいがくじゅけんに失敗しっぱいし、彼かれは浪人ろうにんすることになった。
He failed the university entrance exam and became a rōnin (a student preparing for re-entry exams).
職しょくを失うしなって以来いらい、彼かれはあてもなく放浪ほうろうしている。
Since losing his job, he has been wandering aimlessly.

Practice exercises

1
浪
Answer
wavewanderingdriftwanderexcessiveprodigal
2
浪
Answer
ろう
3
浪人にん
masterless samurai; high school graduate studying for university entrance exams
Answer
ろうにん
4
波は浪
waves; billows
Answer
はろう
5
放ほう浪
wandering; roaming; vagrancy
Answer
ほうろう
6
浪費ひ
waste; squander; extravagance
Answer
ろうひ