括弧

かっこ · kakko · JLPT N2 · noun

brackets

括 (enclose, bind) + 弧 (arc, curve): curved marks that enclose words

括 means to bind or enclose, and 弧 means arc or curve. Together they name the curved marks that wrap around a phrase. Kakko is the everyday Japanese word for these brackets.

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