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    句読点

    句く読とう点てん

    punctuation mark

    N2KMT10News #44+1CoreNounCore ConceptsLiteratureKanji Vocab28 strokes

    くとうてん

    Noun

    1.
    punctuation mark

    Stroke 0 / 28

    Speed1.0x

    日に本ほん語ごの文ぶん章しょうには句く読とう点てんが必ひつ要ようです。

    Punctuation marks are necessary in Japanese sentences.

    KMT9Core ConceptsLiterature
    句く読とう点てんの使つかい方かたは、文ぶん章しょうの読よみやすさに大おおきく影えい響きょうします。

    The use of punctuation greatly affects the readability of a text.

    KMT10Core ConceptsLiterature
    この作さっ家かは、独どく特とくの句く読とう点てんの使つかい方かたで知しられています。

    This author is known for their unique use of punctuation.

    KMT10Literature
    小しょう説せつでは、登とう場じょう人じん物ぶつの感きも情ちを表ひょう現げんするために句く読とう点てんが巧たくみに使つかわれることがあります。

    In novels, punctuation marks are sometimes skillfully used to express characters' emotions.

    KMT10LiteratureEmotions & Psychology
    正ただしい句く読とう点てんの位いち置わは、文ぶんの意い味みを明めい確かくにする上うえで非ひ常じょうに重じゅう要ようです。

    The correct placement of punctuation marks is extremely important for clarifying the meaning of a sentence.

    KMT10Core ConceptsLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    句
    phrase・clause・sentence・passage・paragraph…(1)
    読
    よ.む・-よ.み…(4)
    read
    点
    つ.ける・つ.く・た.てる・さ.す・とぼ.す・とも.す…(2)
    spot・point・mark・speck・decimal point
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