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牢人 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
浪人
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Reading : ろうにん   
1. ronin; wandering samurai without a master to serve
2. out of work  (this meaning is restricted to form 浪人)
3. waiting for another chance to enter a university  (this meaning is restricted to form 浪人)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 89,405 which gives a rank of 6,765
浪人 is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 70% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 46,000 (about 10,700,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 8024
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 15 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
かれ
びだい
美大
めざ
目指
して
さんねん
3年
ろうにん
浪人
してる

Since graduating from high school, he has been studying for three years to get into an art university.
10
ねんかん
年間
つと
めた
かいしゃ
会社
やめて
いま
ろうにん
浪人
ちゅう
です
I left the company where I had worked for 10 years and am currently unemployed.
ろうにん
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 67,000 (about 5,140,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 15 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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牢人
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Reading : ろうにん   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 167,000 (about 455,000 results)
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ロウ    wandering   
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リョウ   よ good   
スイ   みず water   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ロウ    prison   
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ギュウ   うし cow   
roof   
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