学歴社会

Meanings

1. Noun

   academic meritocracy; education-conscious society; society that places (excessive) emphasis on academic records

• 日本にほんの学歴社会がくれきしゃかいの最高峰さいこうほうである東大とうだい生なまになって、一番いちばん驚おどろいたことは時給じきゅう１万円いちまんえんという家庭教師かていきょうし料金りょうきんだ。

  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.