中学校

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 中学校, read ちゅうがっこう, denotes the school stage following elementary school and, by extension, one’s years there.
• Basic usage: It appears both for the school someone begins attending in spring and for a friend known from those school years.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• School and the years spent there
  • It can name the institution itself or modify a friend associated with the years spent there.