Words and expressions used when talking about memories of junior high / high school life.

16-1. 中学、高校生活の思い出を話すときに使うことば・表現

thinking back now
例）小学校３年生の時、祖母と銀座で映画を見た。今思えば、あれが祖母と見た最初で最後の映画だった。 / I saw a movie in Ginza with my grandmother when I was a third grader. When I think back on it now, that was the first and the last movie I ever saw ...

in retrospect
例）今振り返ってみると、私は気が変になっていたのだと思う。/ I look back now and think I was probably crazy.

振（ふ）り返（かえ）ってみると、

, right?
僕らが子どもの頃は結構そろばん教室ってあったよね。今の子どもはそろばんよりコンピューターだね。 /There were a lot of abacus schools when we were kids, weren't there? Nowadays, children use computers

We really do / did -
例）そういえば、昔歌ってた童謡、最近、子どもによく歌ってあげるようになってきたなあ。 / Speaking of nursery songs that I used to sing when I was a child, lately I've been singing them to my child.

those days
例） あのころは、まだ若かったから子どものことなんて考えてなかったわ。 / At that time, we were still too young to think about children.

bring back memories
例）懐かしいなあ。/ Ah, (sweet) memories!
That brings back some memories.
That takes me back.

例）奈良に住んでいた日々が懐かしい / miss the days of living in Nara

bring back the past
例）タイで過ごした日々のことを思い出す / recall one's own days in Thailand

classmate, fellow student, fellow student

old boy, senior colleague ⇔ junior colleague
例）先輩と後輩の交流 / interaction between seniors and juniors

先輩（せんぱい）⇔後輩（こうはい）

after school hours
例）放課後になったら、私は宿題をしに図書館へ行く。 / I'm going to the library to do my homework after school.

club activity
例）部活動は時間がかかるので、私はやめるつもりだ。 / The extracurricular [after-school] activities take too much time. I'm going to quit them.

student council
例）生徒会長に立候補する / run for Student Council's president

cultural festival
例）学生たちは文化祭に上演するミュージカルの練習をしている。/ The students are rehearsing the musical to be presented at the annual school festival.

PE festival
例）体育祭を延期する / postpone the field day

school trip
例）修学旅行、どこ行くの？ / Where are you going on your school trip?

修学旅行（しゅうがくりょこう）

skip, truant
例）ほとんどの授業をサボる / skip most classes
例）いつの間にか、彼には授業をサボる悪い癖がついていた。/ He formed a bad habit of cutting classes before he knew it.

commit a violation of -
例）彼は校則に違反したために3日間の停学処分（ていがくしょぶん）を受けた。
He was suspended from school for three days, because he violated the student-behaviour code.

abide by rules, observe the rules
例）試合のルールを守る / abide by the rules of the game