立志伝

りっしでん【立志伝】

success story

/səksés-/ 〖C〗成功物語

¶ → 立志伝中の人

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りっしでん【立志伝】

a story of a self-made man; a success story; an account of how a person has made a success [risen] in life; a rags-to-riches story.

●立志伝中の人 a famous self-made man [woman]; the hero [heroine] of a success story.

●彼は昭和立志伝中の一人物である. He deserves a place in the list of prominent self-made men of the Shōwa period.