狭き門

せまきもんsemakimon

expression · noun

  1. the strait gate (in the Bible)
  2. the narrow gate
  3. high barrier (to enter a highly competitive school, company, etc.)
  4. difficult hurdle
  5. difficulty
  6. obstacle

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences