句読点
Japanese punctuation marks (Yakumono) are different from Western ones. They are full-width characters.
Used at the end of sentences. A small circle, not a dot.
Input: "." usually converts to "。"
Used to separate clauses. Slants to the right.
Input: "," usually converts to "、"
Quotation marks. Used for speech or quoting text.
Middle dot. Used to list items or separate foreign names.
Used for book titles, emphasis within quotes, or nested quotations.
Used to indicate ranges or approximation.
全角（ぜんかく）- Full-width
Characters that take up the full width of a square. Used for Japanese text, punctuation, and symbols.
半角（はんかく）- Half-width
Characters that take up half the width. Used for English text, numbers, and basic symbols in technical contexts.
Note: Japanese input methods typically convert spaces, numbers, and punctuation to full-width by default.
Traditionally, Japanese is written vertically from right to left.
- Books (Novels)
- Newspapers
- Greeting Cards (年賀状)
Websites and modern documents usually use horizontal (横書き) left-to-right style.