受じゅ験けん戦せん争そう

noun

examination war; fierce competition for university entrance

Metaphorical term for the intense, war-like competition among students preparing for university entrance exams in Japan. Often used in discussions of education pressure.

• 日本にほんの受じゅ験けん戦せん争そうは年ねん々ねん厳きびしくなっていると言いわれている。

  It is said that Japan's examination war is getting tougher every year.

• 彼かれは受じゅ験けん戦せん争そうを勝かち抜ぬいて、第だい一いち志し望ぼうの大だい学がくに合ごう格かくした。

  He survived the examination war and was accepted into his first-choice university.