second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
Only when written 中２ / 中二
Abbreviation of 中学校二年(生). Used in school contexts to refer to the grade or the student.
I started studying English for the first time when I was in my second year of junior high school.
My child is now a second-year junior high school student.
adolescent delusions of grandeur; teenage edginess; chuunibyou
Slang abbreviation of 中二病. Refers to behavior typical of early teens, such as pretending to have special powers or being overly dramatic. Often used jocularly or self-deprecatingly.
See also: 中二病
That kid is still saying chuunibyou-like things.
I used to be like that too back in my chuunibyou days.
The full word for junior high school. 中二 is a grade-specific abbreviation.
Standard abbreviation for 中学校二年. Used for both the school year and the slang sense.
Variant with numeral; common in informal writing.
Ateji spelling used in the slang sense, often in the phrase 厨二病. Rarely used for the school year.
Abbreviation of 中学校二年 (second year of junior high school). The slang sense derives from 中二病, a term coined by radio personality Hikaru Ijuin in 1999 to describe the embarrassing behavior of adolescents.