大だい検けん

noun

University Entrance Qualification Examination

Abbreviation of 大学入学資格検定. This exam, abolished in 2005, certified an academic level equivalent to high school graduation, allowing those who did not graduate from high school to apply for university.

See also: 大学入学資格検定

• 彼かれは高こう校こうを中ちゅう退たいしたが、大だい検けんに合ごう格かくして大だい学がくに進しん学がくした。

  He dropped out of high school, but passed the University Entrance Qualification Examination and went on to university.