Japanese word senses marked with topical category "Writing"
Parent categories: Human behaviour, Language, Human, Communication
Subcategories: Calligraphy, Journalism, Literature, Orthography, Palaeography, Typography, Writing instruments, Writing systems
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Word senses with this category
Total 1084 word senses
- ABC (Noun) ABC(s) (alphabet)
- P (Prefix) Initialism of プロポーショナル (puropōshonaru, “proportional”).
- U (Noun) a unit in newspaper typesetting, equal to 11 mils, ¹¹⁄₁₀₀₀ in, ¹⁄₈ 倍 (bai) and ¹⁄₁₂₈ 段 (dan)
- v (Punctuation) <3
- w (Punctuation) LOL; an expression of amusement or laughter.
- 一 … 下付き (22 senses)
- 下心 … 二百 (22 senses)
- 五 … 伝道の書 (21 senses)
- 体用 … 写真植字 (30 senses)
- 冠 … 勘亭流 (15 senses)
- 十 … 右揃え (24 senses)
- 号外 … 圏点 (29 senses)
- 垓 … 嫌い (20 senses)
- 字 … 学習参考書 (19 senses)
- 孫子 … 平均字面 (23 senses)
- 平日 … 手弱女振り (24 senses)
- 打鍵 … 散文 (22 senses)
- 敵役 … 明朝体 (24 senses)
- 易経 … 楔形文字 (26 senses)
- 極 … 死者の書 (20 senses)
- 段 … 漫画家 (23 senses)
- 澗 … 発刊 (22 senses)
- 百 … 筆押さえ (27 senses)
- 筆脈 … 繁体字 (19 senses)
- 繞 … 蟹行文字 (28 senses)
- 行 … 記紀 (22 senses)
- 詩 … 転句 (19 senses)
- 転注 … 金剛般若波羅蜜多経 (27 senses)
- 鉛筆 … 𥝱 (35 senses)
- あ段 (Noun) the first and highest-graded column of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the ten kana あ/ア (a), か/カ (ka), さ/サ (sa), た/タ (ta), な/ナ (na), は/ハ (ha), ま/マ (ma), や/ヤ (ya), ら/ラ (ra) and わ/ワ (wa)
- あ行 (Noun) the first row of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the five kana あ/ア (a), い/イ (i), う/ウ (u), え/エ (e) and お/オ (o)
- いけ (Noun) 池: (calligraphy) part of an inkstone where water is stored
- いちたへん (Noun) the kanji component 歹
- いとへん (Noun) the left-side kanji component 糸
- い段 (Noun) the second and second-highest-graded column of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the nine kana い/イ (i), き/キ (ki), し/シ (shi), ち/チ (chi), に/ニ (ni), ひ/ヒ (hi), み/ミ (mi), り/リ (ri) and ゐ/ヰ (wi), and sometimes additionally 𛀆/𛄠 (yi)
- うかんむり (Noun) the kanji component 宀, known as the “roof” radical in English, found in 宇, 字, etc.
- うけ (Noun) 受け: (typography, of a punctuation mark) the state of being a mark with an 空き (aki) after it, such as the closing parenthesis ), the closing quotation mark 」, the ideographic comma 、 or the ideographic full stop 。
- うけばこ (Noun) 凵: the kanji component 凵
- う段 (Noun) the third and middle-graded column of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the nine kana う/ウ (u), く/ク (ku), す/ス (su), つ/ツ (tsu), ぬ/ヌ (nu), ふ/フ (fu), む/ム (mu), ゆ/ユ (yu) and る/ル (ru), and sometimes additionally 𛄟 (𛄟)/𛄢 (wu)
- え段 (Noun) the fourth and second-lowest-graded column of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the nine kana え/エ (e), け/ケ (ke), せ/セ (se), て/テ (te), ね/ネ (ne), へ/ヘ (he), め/メ (me), れ/レ (re) and ゑ/ヱ (we), and sometimes additionally 𛀁/𛄡 (ye)
- お段 (Noun) the fifth and lowest-graded column of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the ten kana お/オ (o), こ/コ (ko), そ/ソ (so), と/ト (to), の/ノ (no), ほ/ホ (ho), も/モ (mo), よ/ヨ (yo), ろ/ロ (ro) and を/ヲ (wo)
- かけことば (Noun) pivot word (a form of punning in traditional Japanese poetry)
- か行 (Noun) the second row of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the five kana か/カ (ka), き/キ (ki), く/ク (ku), け/ケ (ke) and こ/コ (ko)
- きがまえ (Noun) the kanji radical 气
- くの字点 (Noun) either of the iteration marks 〱 and 〲, respectively used to repeat more than one 清音 (seion) and 濁音 (dakuon) in vertical text, as well as their decomposed counterparts, 〳, 〴 and 〵
- くるわ (Noun) in 俳諧 (haikai, “vulgar haiku”), the general realm of subject matter used for the opening line
- この (Numeral) nine
- さんずい (Noun) 三水, 氵: (orthography) the "water" radical, namely 氵
- さ行 (Noun) the third row of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the five kana さ/サ (sa), し/シ (shi), す/ス (su), せ/セ (se) and そ/ソ (so)
- してんし (Noun) 熾天使: (biblical) a seraph
- しとぎょうでん (Proper name) 使徒行伝: (biblical) Acts
- しめすへん (Noun) the kanji component 礻 (示)
- しょくへん (Noun) the kanji component 𩙿 / 飠
- じゅうよん (Numeral) 十四: fourteen
- すずり (Noun) inkstone
- すずりばこ (Noun) box for holding calligraphy tools
- すみ (Noun) India ink
- せんみょうがき (Noun) A historical form of Japanese writing. Text is written entirely in kanji, with functional morphemes written in smaller-sized man'yōgana.
- た行 (Noun) the fourth row of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the five kana た/タ (ta), ち/チ (chi), つ/ツ (tsu), て/テ (te) and と/ト (to)
- つめぐみ (Noun) tight kerning / tracking
- な行 (Noun) the fifth row of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the five kana な/ナ (na), に/ニ (ni), ぬ/ヌ (nu), ね/ネ (ne) and の/ノ (no)
- にくづき (Noun) The kanji component 月, appearing on the left, etymologically 肉 (“meat; flesh”) and used in words related to the body.
- のぎへん (Noun) the kanji component 禾
- はしご高 (Noun) a nickname for the 髙 character, a variant of 高
- はち (Noun) 鉢, 鈸: Buddhist cymbals
- はてな (Noun) a question mark
- はてなマーク (Noun) a question mark
- は行 (Noun) the sixth row of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the five kana は/ハ (ha), ひ/ヒ (hi), ふ/フ (fu), へ/ヘ (he) and ほ/ホ (ho)
- ば行 (Noun) a row derived from the は行 (“ha-row”) of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”) (but not included in the table) by adding the diacritical mark ゛, consisting of the five kana ば/バ (ba), び/ビ (bi), ぶ/ブ (bu), べ/ベ (be) and ぼ/ボ (bo)
- ぱ行 (Noun) a row derived from the は行 (“ha-row”) of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”) (but not included in the table) by adding the diacritical mark ゜, consisting of the five kana ぱ/パ (pa), ぴ/ピ (pi), ぷ/プ (pu), ぺ/ペ (pe) and ぽ/ポ (po)
- ぶら下がり (Noun) the deliberate "hanging" of certain punctuation marks outside the invisible bounding box of a body of text whenever they occur at the start or end of a line
- へのへのもへ (Noun) a face drawn using the hiragana characters he (へ), no (の), he (へ), no (の), mo (も), and he (へ)
- へのへのもへじ (Noun) a face drawn using the hiragana characters へ (he), の (no), も (mo), and じ (ji)
- へへののもへじ (Noun) Synonym of へのへのもへじ (henohenomoheji)
- べた組み (Noun) solid composition (text composition with no spacing)
- ほ (Noun) tip of a brush
- まぜがき (Noun) Writing certain kanji of a Sino-Japanese word in kana instead. This may be motivated by reasons such as a kanji being excluded from the list of 常用漢字 (jōyō kanji).
- まぜがき (Verb) to write certain kanji of a Sino-Japanese word in kana instead
- まま (Particle) Expressing the intention of explaining a reason; because
- ま行 (Noun) the sixth row of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the five kana ま/マ (ma), み/ミ (mi), む/ム (mu), め/メ (me) and も/モ (mo)
- みずいれ (Noun) tray for holding water that will be used on an inkstone
- むき (Noun) 無季: not belonging to any particular season; (poetry) not including any seasonal terms or allusions
- やまいだれ (Noun) the kanji component 疒, used with characters relating to disease
- や行 (Noun) the eighth row of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the five kana や/ヤ (ya), い/イ (i) (alternatively, 𛀆/𛄠 (yi)), ゆ/ユ (yu), え/エ (e) (alternatively, 𛀁/𛄡 (ye)) and よ/ヨ (yo), two of which are taken from the あ行 (“a-row”) to represent classical grammatical inflection in modern text
- ゆめおち (Noun) Revealing that the a story was all part of a dream; the "it was all a dream" ending.
- よん (Noun) 四: 4, four
- ら行 (Noun) the ninth row of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the five kana ら/ラ (ra), り/リ (ri), る/ル (ru), れ/レ (re) and ろ/ロ (ro)
- るまた (Noun) the kanji component 殳
- わかちがき (Noun) writing as separate words, found for example in Japanese children's books or video games, or the modern orthography for the Korean language
- わかんむり (Noun) the kanji component 冖
- わ行 (Noun) the tenth and last row of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the five kana わ/ワ (wa), ゐ/ヰ (wi), う/ウ (u) (alternatively, 𛄟 (𛄟)/𛄢 (wu)), ゑ/ヱ (we) and を/ヲ (wo), one of which is taken from the あ行 (“a-row”) to represent classical grammatical inflection in modern text
- アイ … アルファベット (14 senses)
- アロン … インマヌエル (16 senses)
- イヴ … エホバ (17 senses)
- エム … オーバーシュート (14 senses)
- カイン … クワタ (18 senses)
- ケー … サムエル (15 senses)
- サラ … セディーユ (21 senses)
- セト … タイポグラフィ (13 senses)
- タウ … テキストブック (13 senses)
- テモテ … ネーム (20 senses)
- ノア … バルトロマイ (14 senses)
- パイカ … フェルトペン (15 senses)
- ブイ … ホグワーツ (14 senses)
- ホラー … ヤペテ (21 senses)
- ユダ … ライトノベル (12 senses)
- ラケル … ルーン文字 (16 senses)
- レア … ・・・ (14 senses)
- (Punctuation)
- ( (Punctuation) Used in ( ).
- ( ) (Punctuation) Used as a plaintext fallback of ruby: encloses a regular or traditional pronunciation to kanji (sometimes other types of words, e.g. katakana in parentheses following an English word) that the readers may not necessarily know how to read.
- ( ) (Punctuation) Used as a plaintext fallback of ruby: encloses an invented reading or a pronunciation borrowed from another language, which follows usually but not necessarily a kanji word, to conveys the word's deeper or second meaning (see 義(ぎ)訓(くん) (gikun)).
- ( ) (Punctuation) Used to censor vulgar, profane or sensitive words or characters. A formal way to censor words in Japanese is using × or ○ instead. Compare 自主規制 in Japanese and x in Latin alphabet.
- ( ) (Punctuation) Added to the end of a message, with short text inside (the right parenthesis is optional), as a sort of tone indicator.
- ( ) (Punctuation) Added to the end of a message to indicate a lighthearted or joking tone (the right parenthesis is optional),.
- (ry (Punctuation) Used to abbreviate words or sentences when the rest is implicitly known.
- (ぉ (Punctuation) Used at the end of a statement to riposte it oneself.
- (棒) (Punctuation) Used at the end of a phrase to indicate flat or deadpan intonation.
- (笑) (Punctuation) Used at the end of a phrase to indicate that the audience is laughing.
- (笑) (Punctuation) Used at the end of a phrase to indicate that the speaker is laughing.
- (震え声) (Punctuation) Used at the end of a phrase to indicate that the speaker is speaking with a trembling voice.
- ) (Punctuation) Used in ( ).
- - (Character) Visual rendering of Morse code for ム.
- .-.-.- (Punctuation) Visual rendering of Morse code for 、 (ideographic comma).
- .-.-.. (Punctuation) Visual rendering of Morse code for 。 (“ideographic full stop”).
- 4コマ漫画 (Noun) a four-frame comic strip
- ~ (Punctuation) Indicating the lengthening of a pronunciation.
- ‥ (Punctuation) An ellipsis comprising two dots.
- …… (Punctuation) ellipsis (…)
- ※ (Punctuation) similar in function to an asterisk or bullet point
- ◌̂ (Character) A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called サーカムフレックス (“circumflex”) in Japanese, and found on Â/â, Ê/ê, Î/î, Ô/ô and Û/û.
- ◌̄ (Character) A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called マクロン (“macron”) in Japanese, and found on Ā/ā, Ē/ē, Ī/ī, Ō/ō and Ū/ū.
- ♪ (Punctuation) An emoticon indicating a singsong tone of voice or playful attitude.
- ⟨ ⟩ (Punctuation) Encloses titles of books.
- 、 (Punctuation) comma
- 。 (Punctuation) . (full stop or period, marking the end of a sentence)
- 。。。 (Punctuation) Indicates a pause.
- 〇 (Symbol) Used to write zero in kanji positional notation.
- 「 」 (Punctuation) In kanji-katakana mixed writing (before WWII), encloses 外来語 (gairaigo, “foreign loanwords”) written in katakana to mark them apart from ordinary katakana portions of the text.
- 『 』 (Punctuation) Encloses a quotation.
- 【 】 (Punctuation) Encloses a heading or a text for emphasis.
- 〔 〕 (Punctuation) Encloses comments inside quoted text
- 〜 (Punctuation) Indicates the subtitle of a book, manga, video game, etc.
- 〝 〞 (Punctuation) Encloses a quotation.
- 〝 〟 (Punctuation) Encloses a quotation.
- 〳 (Punctuation) the upper half of a vertical mark representing repetition. The lower half is U+3035(〵).
- 〴 (Punctuation) the upper half of a vertical mark representing repetition with dakuten. The lower half is U+3035(〵).
- 〵 (Punctuation) the lower half of a vertical mark representing repetition. The upper half can be either U+3033(〳) or U+3034(〴), depending on whether it is voiced or not (adding a dakuten).
- 〽 (Punctuation) Indicating the start of a part in a song.
- ゛ (Character) The dakuten, which indicates voicing (i.e. ka with a dakuten is pronounced as ga).
- ゛ (Character) The dakuten, which indicates voicing (i.e. ka with a dakuten is pronounced as ga).; It is also sometimes colloquially used to indicate a strained or shouting vocalization.
- ゜ (Character) The handakuten, which indicates that a kana with an initial of h- should be pronounced with p- (i.e. ha with a handakuten is pronounced as pa). It is also sometimes used with k- kana to indicate ng- (a phoneme that is usually an allophone of /g/).
- ゠ (Punctuation) used in transcriptions of Western proper names, as a "space" (similar to a middle dot ・), a "hyphen" or an "en dash"; usually substituted by the more accessible fullwidth equal sign
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