See also: · [U+00B7 MIDDLE DOT] ,
⋅ [U+22C5 DOT OPERATOR] ,
• [U+2022 BULLET] , and ⸳ [U+2E33 RAISED DOT]
Examples ("spaces" in transcriptions)
ジョージ・W( ダブリュー ) ・ブッシュ Jōji Daburyū Busshu George W. Bush [[Category:Japanese terms with usage examples|]][[Category:Japanese terms with usage examples|]]サイエンス・フィクション saiensu fikushon science fiction [[Category:Japanese terms with usage examples|]][[Category:Japanese terms with usage examples|]]エレメンタル ・クリーチャー ・トークン Erementaru kurīchā tōkun Elemental creature token [[Category:Japanese terms with usage examples|]][[Category:Japanese terms with usage examples|]]クイーンマドルチェ・ティアラミス Kuīn Madoruche Tiaramisu Queen Madolce Tiaramisu [[Category:Japanese terms with usage examples|]][[Category:Japanese terms with usage examples|]]黒・魔・導( ブラック・マジック ) Burakku Majikku Black Magic [[Category:Japanese terms with usage examples|]]
Examples (separators (the words and /or , ampersands, commas, semicolons, forward slashes, periods, etc.))
スマートフォン ・タブレット sumātofon taburetto smartphones and tablets [[Category:Japanese terms with usage examples|]][[Category:Japanese terms with usage examples|]]トリニダード・トバゴ Torinidādo Tobago Trinidad and Tobago [[Category:Japanese terms with usage examples|]][[Category:Japanese terms with usage examples|]]★この作品( さくひん ) はフィクション です。実在( じつざい ) の人( じん ) 物( ぶつ ) ・団( だん ) 体( たい ) ・事( じ ) 件( けん ) など には、いっさい 関係( かんけい ) ありません。 ★Kono sakuhin wa fikushon desu. jitsuzai no jinbutsu dantai jiken nado ni wa, issai kankei arimasen. ★This is a work of fiction. It has no connection whatsoever to any actual persons, groups or events. [[Category:Japanese terms with usage examples|]][[Category:Japanese terms with usage examples|]]一( いち ) 流( りゅう ) 大( だい ) 学( がく ) 、東( とう ) 京( きょう ) ・青( あお ) 山( やま ) マンション 暮( ぐ ) らし 。ラグビー 部( ぶ ) 、おまけ にベンツ 。Ichiryū daigaku, Tōkyō Aoyama manshon gurashi. Ragubī-bu, omake ni Bentsu. Goes to top-class university, lives in a condo in Aoyama, Tokyo. Plays on a rugby team, and on top of that, has a Benz. [[Category:Japanese terms with usage examples|]][[Category:Japanese terms with usage examples|]]水( みず ) ・水( みず ) 族( ぞく ) ・星( レベル ) 3( さん ) ・攻( こう ) 500( ごひゃく ) ・守( しゅ ) 500( ごひゃく ) Mizu Mizu-zoku Reberu san Kō gohyaku Shu gohyaku WATER / Aqua-Tribe / Level 3 / ATK 500 / DEF 500 [[Category:Japanese terms with usage examples|]][[Category:Japanese terms with usage examples|]]E( エレメンタル ) ・HERO( ヒーロー ) アブソルートZero( ゼロ ) Erementaru Hīrō Abusorūto Zero Elemental HERO Absolute Zero [[Category:Japanese terms with usage examples|]][[Category:Japanese terms with usage examples|]]
・ [[Category:Japanese lemmas|]][[Category:Japanese punctuation marks|]]
used for "spaces" in transcriptions, or as other separators
Used to replace spaces in foreign words. It is used in a way similar to the Chinese · . Spaces are, however, ignored in commonly used words, for example ラブレター ( rabu retā , “ love letter ” ) .