(かっこ)

かっこ
noun
parentheses; brackets
1. parentheses; brackets; braces
Punctuation marks used in pairs to set off supplementary, explanatory, or qualifying information within text.
Please write the answer inside the parentheses.
Make a sentence using the word in parentheses.
[Note: Common instruction in language exercises]
Enclose quotations with quotation marks.
[Note: 鍵括弧 = 「」 Japanese quotation marks]
I forgot to close the brackets.
Put the annotation in parentheses.

TYPES OF BRACKETS:

  • ( ) (まる)括弧(かっこ)/(しょう)括弧(かっこ) (parentheses)
  • 「 」 (かぎ)括弧(かっこ) (single quotation marks - Japanese)
  • 『 』 二重(にじゅう)(かぎ)括弧(かっこ) (double quotation marks)
  • [ ] (かく)括弧(かっこ)/(だい)括弧(かっこ) (square brackets)
  • } {波(なみ)括弧(かっこ)/(ちゅう)括弧(かっこ) (curly braces)
  • 〈 〉 (やま)括弧(かっこ) (angle brackets)

PATTERNS:

  • 括弧(かっこ)()ける (to add brackets)
  • 括弧(かっこ)(かこ)む (to enclose in brackets)
  • 括弧(かっこ)(ない) (inside the brackets)
  • 括弧(かっこ)()じる (to close brackets)

NOTE: In Japanese, quotation marks 「」 are used instead of Western " ". Double marks 『』 are used for nested quotes or titles.