Breakdown of the Kanji #3

Breakdown of the Kanji #3

あの大学は私の第１志望だった。
Ano daigaku wa watashi no dai-ichi shibō datta.
That university was my first choice.

大学 (daigaku: university) important + educational institution
私 (watashi: I, me)
第１(dai-ichi: number 1, first)

As you may know, 第 is a prefix for ordinal numbers.

志望 (shibō: wish, desire, ambition) ambition + to aspire

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