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Do people in Japan actually write from right to left? Or even from up to down? It depends on the situation or something? Thanks.
Do people in Japan actually write from right to left? Or even from up to down? It depends on the situation or something? Thanks.
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左から右に書いています。でも少ないですが、住所のあて名を上から下に書く人がいます。学校では、国語と社会の授業の時上から下に書きます。
We usually write from left to right. However, few people write an address for postal from up to down. And in school classes, we write from up to down in national language and social studies.
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左から右に書いています。でも少ないですが、住所のあて名を上から下に書く人がいます。学校では、国語と社会の授業の時上から下に書きます。
We usually write from left to right. However, few people write an address for postal from up to down. And in school classes, we write from up to down in national language and social studies.
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