立りっ志し式しき

noun

coming-of-age ceremony for middle school students

A ceremony held in many Japanese junior high schools, typically for second-year students around age 14, to mark their transition toward adulthood and encourage them to set life goals.

• 中ちゅう学がく二に年ねん生せいのとき、立りっ志し式しきで将しょう来らいの夢ゆめを発はっ表ぴょうした。

  When I was in my second year of junior high school, I presented my future dreams at the coming-of-age ceremony.