難関

なんかん
barrier

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なんかん【難関】

¶私は最～を突破した

I am over the worst difficulties.

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なんかん【難関】

〔障害〕 a [an insurmountable] barrier; an obstacle; a hurdle; 〔困難〕 a difficulty; a difficult situation; 〔行き詰まり〕 a deadlock. [⇒なんきょく³]

●入試の難関 the barrier of an entrance examination

・競争率 20 倍の難関 the hurdle of an acceptance ratio of 1 in 20 applicants

・第一の難関 the first hurdle

・最大の難関 the major difficulty; the highest hurdle; the biggest obstacle.

●弁護士になるには司法試験という難関がある. There is the hurdle of the bar exam to get over in order to become a lawyer.

・夢の実現までには多くの難関が待ち受けていた. Many difficulties lay ahead before I made my dream a reality.

・この計画実現の前に多くの難関が立ちはだかった. Many obstacles stood in the way of the plan's realization.

●難関に当たる meet [face, cope with] a difficulty

・難関に挑む strive to overcome an obstacle [a difficulty]; rise to a challenge

・難関にぶつかる encounter a difficult situation; meet with a difficulty; 〔交渉などが〕 come to a deadlock; run into a snag

・彼はデビュー以来初めての難関に直面している. He is faced with the first difficult situation in his career.

・思わぬ難関に出会う hit an unexpected snag

・トンネル工事は区間中最大の難関にさしかかった. Tunnel construction entered the most difficult phase for the section.

●難関を突破する[クリアする, 乗り越える] overcome a difficulty; get over [break through] a barrier; surmount an obstacle; clear a hurdle

・どうにか難関を切り抜ける muddle through a difficulty

・難関を(かい)くぐる scrape through a tight spot

・彼らはやがて第一の難関を越えた. Before long they cleared the first obstacle.

・この難関を越えれば後は楽だ. Once through this patch of rough water, the rest will be plain sailing.

難関校 a highly-selective school [university].