中なか黒ぐろ

noun

middle dot; interpunct

Refers to the typographical symbol '・' used in Japanese for separating words, parallel terms, or katakana names. Lists several English names; 'middle dot' and 'interpunct' are the most common.

• 日本にほん語ごでは、外がい来らい語ごの区く切ぎりに中なか黒ぐろを使つかうことがあります。

  In Japanese, the middle dot is sometimes used to separate words in foreign loanwords.

• 「・」は中なか黒ぐろと呼よばれる記き号ごうです。

  '・' is a symbol called a middle dot.