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約物 (やくもの) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

約やく物もの

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の

Meanings

1

noun

punctuation marks and other special symbols

printing

Technical term in printing and typography, covering punctuation, brackets, and other non-alphanumeric symbols used in text.

約やく物ものには句く読とう点てんや括かっ弧こなどが含ふくまれる。
Punctuation marks and brackets are included among special symbols.

Kanji

約promise, approximately, shrink
物thing, object, matter

Etymology

Compound of 約 (yaku, 'abbreviation' or 'approximately') and 物 (mono, 'thing'), referring to symbols that stand in for or supplement text. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.