丸括弧(まるかっこ)

Composed of 丸(まる) (round, circle) + 括弧(かっこ) (brackets). The standard term for the round brackets ( ) in Japanese. In everyday speech, people often just say 括弧(かっこ), which defaults to parentheses unless another type is specified.

Japanese bracket types

• 丸括弧(まるかっこ): parentheses ( )
• 角括弧(かくかっこ): square brackets [ ]
• 中括弧(なかかっこ): curly brackets
• 山括弧(やまかっこ): angle brackets < >
• 隅付(すみつ)き括弧(かっこ): lenticular brackets (thick square brackets used in Japanese typesetting)

Common collocations

• 丸括弧(まるかっこ)で囲(かこ)む: to enclose in parentheses
• 丸括弧(まるかっこ)を付(つ)ける: to add parentheses
• 丸括弧(まるかっこ)内(ない): inside the parentheses

Usage

In Japanese text, full-width parentheses are standard. When dictating, people say 括弧(かっこ) to open and 括弧閉(かっこと)じ to close.