げんえき
Geneki
現役 (Geneki) is a Japanese noun meaning “active duty, active service, student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school, student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try”.
Meanings
- noun, adjectival nounactive duty; active service
- noun, adjectival nounstudent taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first tryoften as 現役で
Examples
現役から引退した人は足が遠のくものだ。
People rarely come to see you once you are retired.
現役を引退した後、テレサは孤児の世話に一身をささげた。
After retirement, Teresa devoted herself to caring for orphans.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).