中ちゅう二に

noun

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.

• 中ちゅう二にの時とき、初はじめて英えい語ごを勉べん強きょうし始はじめた。

  I started studying English for the first time when I was in my second year of junior high school.

• うちの子こは今いま、中ちゅう二にです。

  My child is now a second-year junior high school student.

noun

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

• あの子こ、まだ厨ちゅう二にっぽいこと言いってるよ。

  That kid is still saying chuunibyou-like things.

• 昔むかし、自じ分ぶんも中ちゅう二にだったなあ。

  I used to be like that too back in my chuunibyou days.