東(とう)大(だい)

彼(かれ)は現(げん)役(えき)で東(とう)大(だい)に合(ごう)格(かく)した。

• He passed the University of Tokyo entrance exam while still in high school.

奈(な)良(ら)の東(とう)大(だい)寺(じ)は華(け)厳(ごん)宗(しゅう)のお寺(てら)です。

• Todai-ji in Nara is a temple of the Kegon sect.

彼(かれ)は本(ほん)当(とう)に頭(あたま)が良(よ)いですね。さすが、東(とう)大(だい)卒(そつ)です。

• He is really smart, isn't he? As expected of a University of Tokyo graduate.

どうせ、狙(ねら)うなら東(とう)大(だい)よ。

• If you’re going to aim for something, aim for the University of Tokyo.

あの人(ひと)は東(とう)大(だい)の教(きょう)授(じゅ)だそうだ。

• I hear he is a Tokyo University professor.

「どうして、東(とう)大(だい)に来(き)たかったの？」「赤(あか)門(もん)ラーメンが食(た)べたかったからです！」

• "Why did you want to come to Tokyo University?" "Because I wanted to eat red gate ramen!"

日(に)本(ほん)の学(がく)歴(れき)社(しゃ)会(かい)の最(さい)高(こう)峰(ほう)である東(とう)大(だい)生(せい)になって、一(いち)番(ばん)驚(おどろ)いたことは時(じ)給(きゅう)１万(まん)円(えん)という家(か)庭(てい)教(きょう)師(し)料(りょう)金(きん)だ。

• When I became a student of Tokyo University, the pinnacle of achievement in academic-focused Japan, the thing that most surprised me was that I could make 10,000 yen an hour as a home tutor.

タクシー運(うん)転(てん)手(しゅ)になった東(とう)大(だい)卒(そつ)の木(き)村(むら)さんは誰(だれ)かの物(もの)指(さ)しで、落(お)ちこぼれなのかもしれないけど、運(うん)転(てん)好(す)きならいいんじゃないかな。

• Kimura is a Tokyo university graduate who became a taxi driver. According to some people's standards, he might be considered a failure, but I think it's fine as long as he likes driving.