二年生(にねんせい)

にねんせい
noun
second-year student; sophomore
1. second-year student; second-grader; sophomore
A student in their second year of a given school level. As with 一年生(いちねんせい), the school type is given or understood from context (elementary, junior high, high school, or university).
娘(むすめ)は今(いま)二年生(にねんせい)だ。
My daughter is in second grade now.
大学(だいがく)二年生(にねんせい)から専門(せんもん)科目(かもく)が増(ふ)える。
From sophomore year of university, specialized subjects increase.
中学(ちゅうがく)二年生(にねんせい)になると、部活動(ぶかつどう)で後輩(こうはい)を指導(しどう)する立場(たちば)になる。
When you become a second-year junior-high student, you take on the role of guiding underclassmen in club activities.

Compound of 二年(にねん) (two years) + 生(せい) (student). The school type is normally specified (小学(しょうがく)二年生(にねんせい), 中学(ちゅうがく)二年生(にねんせい), etc.) or clear from context.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 小学(しょうがく)二年生(にねんせい): second-grader (elementary)
  • 中学(ちゅうがく)二年生(にねんせい): second-year junior high student
  • 高校(こうこう)二年生(にねんせい): second-year high school student
  • 大学(だいがく)二年生(にねんせい): university sophomore

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 一年生(いちねんせい): first-year student
  • 三年生(さんねんせい): third-year student
  • 中(ちゅう)二(に): 'middle-school second-year' (very common abbreviation; also slang for awkward teenage behavior)
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Added 2026.5.14 12:18
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