He would have been able to enter a good university easily if he had tried, but he entered a vocational school instead.
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一流， いちりゅう
1. first-class, first-rate, top-flight, top-ranking, leading, eminent, top
2. characteristic (of), peculiar (to), unique (to)
3. school (e.g. of flower arrangement)
4. one flag, one banner, one streamer
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. to be able to do, to be possible, to be permitted (to do)
2. to be good at, to do well, to be proficient (in), to be capable
3. to come into existence, to form, to appear, to come up (of a matter), to be born, to make (a friend), to get (a girlfri...
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
