中学

junior high school, middle school

t͡ɕ ɨː ɡ a̠ k ɯ̟
中 in progress; underway + 学 learning; study
noun Rare #23,184
junior high school, middle school Usually refers to the three years of school after elementary school in Japan.
JA: 妹は中学に通っています。
EN: My younger sister goes to junior high school.

中学のときにね同じ名前のクラスメートがいたのそれも男の子

Back in middle school, I had a classmate with the same name, and he was a boy.

— Love Letter (1995)

私は中学のときはサッカー部員だった。

I was on the soccer team in middle school.

実は私が中学の頃―同じクラスに同姓同名の男子がいたんです

Actually, when I was in middle school, there was a boy in my class with the exact same name as me.

— Love Letter (1995)

やっと中学を卒業しました。

I finally graduated from junior high school.

彼は中学時代小説ばかり読んでいた。

He spent his middle school years reading nothing but novels.

そう中学時代の小樽に住んでた頃のふーん

Oh, I see. Back when I was in middle school and living in Otaru.

— Love Letter (1995)

彼は、中学で英語を教えている。

He teaches English at a junior high school.

中学のときの担任にそっくりだ。

You look exactly like my homeroom teacher from middle school.

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