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原稿用紙げんこうようしGenkō yōshi
HOW TO USE
What is げんこうようし(genkōyōshi)?
Genkō yōshi is a type of Japanese paper used for formal writing.
It is printed with squares, typically 200 or 400 per sheet, each square takes one single Japanese character or punctuation mark.
Genkō yōshi can be used horizontally or vertically, as shown.
Vertical writing:Read from right to left
Horizontal writing:Read from top to bottom
Why use げんこうようし?Japanese primary and secondary students are required to hand in assignments, such as letters, essays and so on, written on genkō yōshi. Essays and school entrance examinations are also written on genkō yōshi paper.
There are special rules how to write on genkō yōshi. Knowing these rules is essential.
BASIC RULES FOR VERTICAL WRITING
•Japanese is written from top to bottom
•And, right to left
One square per Japanese character
•Write only 1 Japanese character (hiragana, katakana or kanji) in each square
•Small kana such as ゃ、ゅ、ょ、っ take 1 square each but are written in the top right quarter of a genkō yōshi square
•Long katakana sounds ie ジュース are written as one vertical line (not horizontally)
kanji
katakana
hiragana
small hiragana
small katakana
katakana long sound
One square for Japanese punctuation
•Full stops and commas 。、 take 1 square each and are written in the top right quarter of a genkō yōshi square
•Opening quotation mark (speech marks) 「 go in the top right quarter of a genkō yōshi square
•Closing quotation mark (speech marks) 」 go in the bottom left quarter of a genkō yōshi square
full stop
comma
opening speech mark
closing speech mark
End of the line punctuation
When a sentence ends in the last box of a line, put the punctuation mark:
1.on the right bottom quarter in the same box along with the character, OR
2.outside the genkō yōshi boxes on the right.
outsideinside
New paragraph – indent one box
•Start each new paragraph with one empty box
Leave empty for a new paragraph
new paragraph
ESSAY WRITING
Essay title and author’s name
• Write the title of the essay on the right side of the genkō yōshi paper.
• Indent 3 boxes, start writing in the fourth box.
• Write your name on the next line, leave 1 box blank at the bottom of the line.
• Put a dot in the centre of the box between your first and last name
title
Leave 3 empty boxes
Leave 1 empty box
author’s name
dot
Start the essay
• Start the essay on the 3rd line of the genkō yōshi page
• Leave an empty box (it is a new paragraph)
Start of the essay (leave a blank box at the start of a paragraph)
Summary
Look at this essay. Can you spot the errors?
Did you find all the errors? Why are they errors?
LETTER WRITING
Dear~
•Start the letter on the right side of the genkō yōshi paper.
•Leave 3 genkō yōshi boxes empty
•Start writing in the 4th box
•Put the name of the person you are writing to followed by さん、ちゃん、くん、せんせい then へ and comma
Leave 3 empty boxes
へ and comma
Content
• Usually start the first paragraph with a greeting and by talking about the season or weather
• Write in the main body of the letter details such events, directions, thoughts, feelings, responses to any questions etc
• The last paragraph has any final greetings/goodbyes
From ~
•On the next line, leave 2 genkō yōshi squares empty then write the date (year, month, day)
•On the next line, at the bottom of the page, write your name followed by より (putting a dot between your first and last name), leave no empty squares
Leave 2 empty boxes
date
name
より thenleave no boxes empty
Look at this letter. Can you spot the errors?
Did you find all the errors? Why are they errors?