Japanese/Vocabulary/Punctuation
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< Japanese | Vocabulary
| English | Japanese | Reading | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 、 (comma) | 読点 | とうてん | Used to indicate the connection of more than one sentence. Also called 点 (てん= dot). |
| 。 (full stop) | 句点 | 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 | かぎカッコ | Japanese quotation mark. Similar to double quotation in English. |
| 『』 | 二重カッコ | にじゅうカッコ | Similar to single quotation in English. |
| 【】 | すみつきカッコ | Used to bracket different types of headings | |
| 〔〕 | きっこうカッコ | Used for comments in quotes. | |
| 〈〉 | 山カッコ | やまカッコ | A comment bracket. |
| 《》 | 二重山カッコ | にじゅうやまカッコ | A comment bracket for comments within another comment bracket set. |
