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    3. 横書き

    横書き

    横よこ書がき​

    writing horizontally

    KMT9News #29+1CoreNounCore ConceptsKanji Vocab29 strokes

    横書

    よこがき

    Noun

    1.
    writing horizontally, horizontal writing

    Stroke 0 / 29

    Speed1.0x

    この本ほんは横よこ書がきです。

    This book is written horizontally.

    KMT6Core ConceptsEducation
    パソコンでの文ぶん書しょ作さく成せいは、通つう常じょう横よこ書がきで行おこなわれる。

    Document creation on a computer is usually done in horizontal writing.

    KMT8TechnologyDaily Life
    日に本ほん語ごは縦たて書がきと横よこ書がきの両りょう方ほうで書かかれる。

    Japanese is written in both vertical and horizontal styles.

    KMT9Core ConceptsEducation
    現げん代だいの文ぶん書しょでは、横よこ書がきが主しゅ流りゅうとなっている。

    In modern documents, horizontal writing has become the mainstream.

    KMT9Core ConceptsTechnology
    英えい語ごの教きょう科か書しょはすべて横よこ書がきで統とう一いつされている。

    English textbooks are all standardized in horizontal writing.

    KMT9EducationCore Concepts

    Characters that make up this word

    横
    よこ…(1)
    sideways・side・horizontal・width・woof…(2)
    Kanji
    書
    か.く・-が.き・-がき…(2)
    write
    Kanji
    き
    ki
    Kana
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