Japanese/Vocabulary/Punctuation
< Japanese | Vocabulary
| Japanese | English | Reading | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 読点 | 、 (comma) | とうてん | Used to indicate the connection of more than one sentence. Also called 点 (てん= dot). |
| 句点 | 。 (full stop) | くてん | Used to indicate the end of a sentence. Also called 丸 (まる= circle) |
| 中点 中黒 点 | ・ | なかてん, ちゅうてん なかぐろ ぽつ, ぽち | Middle dot. Functions as a list separator in a sentence. Comma is not used to list items in a sentence. |
| 鉤括弧 | 「」 | かぎかっこ | Japanese quotation mark. Similar to double quotation in English. |
| 二重括弧 | 『』 | にじゅうかっこ | Similar to single quotation in English. |
| 隅付き括弧 | 【】 | すみつきかっこ | Used to bracket different types of headings |
| 亀甲括弧 | 〔〕 | きっこうかっこ | Used for comments in quotes. |
| 山括弧 | 〈〉 | やまかっこ | A comment bracket. |
| 二重山括弧 | 《》 | にじゅうやまかっこ | A comment bracket for comments within another comment bracket set. |