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junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
妹は来年から地元の中学に入学する。
My younger sister will enter the local middle school next year.
弟は来年から中学に通う。
My younger brother starts junior high next year.
私は中学の時にサッカー部で野球を始めた。
I started playing baseball in middle school.