I'm not quite sure I understand it even though I did some research on it. Some sites say it's just the usual grading like 10th, 11th, and 12th grades, but isn't there another way of saying it? I remember seeing somewhere that someone made a statement about how 2-3 means 11th grade. Sorry if this question is confusing, but I didn't know how to phrase it without getting the wrong thing.
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Elementary or primary school in Japan is grades 1 through 6, when children are about 7 to 12 years old. Middle or junior high school is three years, from about 13 to 15 years old. When asked their grade in Japanese the students will give an abbreviated answer that still makes it clear what grade level they're at. The confusion starts when they answer in English, in a situation where an American teenager would say, "I'm in 8th grade," a Japanese student in the same grade is likely to say, "I'm in the third grade," to mean the third year of middle school. High school in Japan is also three years, from about 16 to 18 years old. High school students are also likely to confusingly say they're in the first, second or third grade instead of 10th, 11th or 12th.
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