女子中学生(じょしちゅうがくせい)

じょしちゅうがくせい
noun
female junior high school student; junior high school girl
1. a female student enrolled in junior high school (roughly ages 12–15 in Japan)
The standard, neutral term for a girl attending a Japanese 中学校(ちゅうがっこう) (junior high school, typically three years covering grades 7–9). The word is used in news reports, statistics, school announcements, and everyday conversation to specify the student's sex and school level at the same time.
姉(あね)は女子中学生(じょしちゅうがくせい)です。
My older sister is a junior high school girl.
駅前(えきまえ)で女子中学生(じょしちゅうがくせい)のグループを見(み)かけた。
I saw a group of junior high school girls in front of the station.
この漫画(まんが)の主人公(しゅじんこう)は、普通(ふつう)の女子中学生(じょしちゅうがくせい)として描(えが)かれている。
The main character of this manga is portrayed as an ordinary junior high school girl.
最近(さいきん)の調査(ちょうさ)によると、女子中学生(じょしちゅうがくせい)のスマートフォン所有率(しょゆうりつ)は八(はち)割(わり)を超(こ)えているそうだ。
According to a recent survey, the smartphone ownership rate among junior high school girls exceeds 80 percent.

Composed of 女子(じょし) (female, girl) + 中学生(ちゅうがくせい) (junior high school student). A straightforward compound that specifies both the sex and the school level of the student at once.

Japanese compulsory education runs through the end of junior high school, so a 女子中学生(じょしちゅうがくせい) is normally aged 12–15 (first-year 13, second-year 14, third-year 15, by academic-year reckoning).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 女子中学生(じょしちゅうがくせい)向(む)け: aimed at / for junior high school girls
  • 女子中学生(じょしちゅうがくせい)対象(たいしょう)の調査(ちょうさ): a survey targeting junior high school girls
  • 女子中学生(じょしちゅうがくせい)の制服(せいふく): the uniform of junior high school girls
  • 女子中学生(じょしちゅうがくせい)約(やく)百人(ひゃくにん): about one hundred junior high school girls

RELATED SCHOOL-LEVEL TERMS:

  • 男子中学生(だんしちゅうがくせい): male junior high school student
  • 女子小学生(じょししょうがくせい): female elementary school student
  • 女子高生(じょしこうせい): female high school student (very common informal form)
  • 女子高校生(じょしこうこうせい): female high school student (full formal form)
  • 女子大生(じょしだいせい): female university student

REGISTER:
Neutral and commonly used in news articles, school notices, advertising, and academic writing. In casual conversation, speakers often drop 女子(じょし) and just say 中学生(ちゅうがくせい) if the sex is clear from context, or use more casual phrasing like ちゅうがく一(いち)年生(ねんせい)の女(おんな)の子(こ).

NOTE ON USAGE:
Like its counterpart 女子高生(じょしこうせい), 女子中学生(じょしちゅうがくせい) appears frequently in crime-news headlines and in statistical reports that break figures down by sex and school level. It is a neutral descriptor, not a loaded term.

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