Illustration: At a community calligraphy lesson, an instructor demonstrates the path of a brush over a fresh manuscript sheet with tall columns of empty guide cells.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

縦たて書がき

tategaki

vertical writing

Example sentences

  1. 作文さくぶんは縦書たてがきで書かいてください。

    Please write your essay vertically.

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  2. この小説しょうせつは縦書たてがきのほうが読よみやすい。

    This novel is easier to read in vertical text.

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  3. 案内文あんないぶんを縦書たてがきに直なおした。

    I changed the notice to vertical text.

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Kanji in 縦書

  • 縦vertical; lengthOnジュウKunたて
  • 書writeOnショKunかく

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