{"id":1616,"date":"2009-11-02T11:08:50","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T13:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/?p=1616"},"modified":"2018-03-06T17:56:31","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T20:56:31","slug":"japanese-writing-styles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/estilos-de-escrita-japonesa\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese writing styles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"604ea9ec9f03ce20cb5fee53cf49f850\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-0652292147574552\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Ads responsivo Inicio Post CAJap -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0652292147574552\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3298668993\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Meet\u00a0<strong>the japanese writing styles<\/strong> and the most used!<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Japanese writing styles<\/h2>\n<p>Many students of Japanese find it difficult to read a text in real Japanese. The big problem is not just <a href=\"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/the-jouyou-kanji-japanese-symbols\/\">know the kanji<\/a> of the text, but also know the style of Japanese writing and the indications of where a text in Japanese begins and ends.<\/p>\n<h2>How Japanese Writing Works<\/h2>\n<p>As many readers may already know, Japanese texts can be found in two styles: vertical style and horizontal style.<\/p>\n<h3>The vertical Japanese writing style<\/h3>\n<p>This is the most traditional form of Japanese writing, also known as\u00a0<acronym title=\"tategaki | vertical writing\">\u7e26\u66f8\u304d<\/acronym>. In it, texts are written in columns, read from top to bottom and from right to left.<\/p>\n<p class=\"align-center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1617 size-full\" title=\"Japanese vertical writing styles tategaki\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/leitura-japonesa-vertical.gif?resize=300%2C292&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Japanese vertical writing styles tategaki\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Despite being a traditional writing style, it has gradually fallen into disuse in the day-to-day life of the Japanese world. This fact is due to the western influence and the advent of technology, with computers, cell phones and so on.<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays, it is more common to see this style of writing in a few books, poetry, thoughts and more literary works.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<h3>The horizontal Japanese writing style<\/h3>\n<p>Also known as Western writing mode, the horizontal writing style is based on lines. So we need to read this kind of text from left to right and top to bottom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"align-center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1618 size-full\" title=\"horizontal japanese writing\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/leitura-japonesa-horizontal.gif?resize=457%2C211&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"horizontal japanese writing\" width=\"457\" height=\"211\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Due to technology and Western influence, the Japanese Ministry of Education has adopted this writing style as a standard in technical books or books more geared towards the educational field.<\/p>\n<h2>Some difficulties in reading a text in Japanese<\/h2>\n<p>The main difficulties of reading a text in Japanese range from the <a href=\"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/the-jouyou-kanji-japanese-symbols\/\">necessary knowledge of kanji<\/a> and Japanese alphabets, from the Japanese writing style to knowledge of the punctuation used in Japanese texts, which can give tips on the correct way to read texts.<\/p>\n<p>In advertising materials, where more and more space for content is sought, the Japanese ended up adopting both styles of Japanese writing. Because of this, it has become common to find the two styles of writing together in the same text, on websites, newspapers, television and a multitude of places.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, in <a href=\"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/japanese-writing-systems\/\">japanese writing<\/a>, there are no uppercase and lowercase letters, let alone our character capitalization. That capital letter that determines the beginning of a paragraph.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the beginning of a paragraph in Japanese can be marked by a space (indentation or text indentation), taking the column or line a little further into the text, or by blank lines and columns, in the same way as Westerners do in many books and printed texts.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn about Japanese writing styles and the most used! Japanese Writing Styles Many Japanese learners find it difficult to read real Japanese text. The big problem is not just<\/p>","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":1617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,51],"tags":[2,3],"class_list":["post-1616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-curso-de-japones-gratis","category-dicas-de-japones","tag-idioma-japones","tag-nihongo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/leitura-japonesa-vertical.gif?fit=300%2C292&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1621,"url":"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/pontuacao-de-textos-em-japones\/","url_meta":{"origin":1616,"position":0},"title":"The punctuation of Japanese texts","author":"L\u00edngua Japonesa","date":"2 de November de 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Learn more about Japanese text punctuation and its characteristics! 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