Thursday, April 28, 2011

What does this mean? 浪人しないで...?

Question:


What does this mean?
浪人しないで有名な大学に入らせるために, 小学校の時から塾に通わせる親もいる.

Answer:


浪人 is Japanese concept. It means, if you failed to pass entrance exam of any college, you have to wait and study one more year after high school, or sometimes more than 1 year if you fail more than once. So you will join a college at 19. During that year, you will be called 浪人.

浪人しないで means without becoming 浪人.

You know what other parts mean?

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