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Senpai: The Japanese Word You Look up To

The Tofugu Podcast: Japan and Japanese Language

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Roning in Japan, Like a Masterless Samurai

There are going to be people called roning at this point. Roning as the word, like a masterless samurai. I actually don't know the term ronin. So roni is who failed the test and even decided to study for another year. Is it the same congi as the samurai word? I think the origin of it yata. That's farity foousa.

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