He was encouraged by a professor from his college days.
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大学， 大學， だいがく
1. university, college
2. former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators)
3. the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
1. at (place, time), in, on, during
2. to (direction, state), toward, into
3. for (purpose)
4. because of (reason), for, with
5. by, from
6. as (i.e. in the role of)
7. per, in, for, a (e.g. "once a month")
8. and, in addition to
9. if, although
