中ちゅう等とう学がっ校こう

noun

secondary school

A somewhat formal or older term for a school providing secondary education, roughly equivalent to middle and high school combined. In modern contexts, 中学校 (junior high) and 高等学校 (senior high) are more common.

• 戦せん前ぜんの日本にほんでは、中ちゅう等とう学がっ校こうは男だん子しと女じょ子しで分わかれていることが多おおかった。

  In prewar Japan, secondary schools were often separated for boys and girls.