Genkou youshi

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Genkouyoushi (原稿用紙, genkō yōshi^?) is a Japanese term for writing paper which utilises a grid or squares.

Also called manuscript writing paper, such sheets are often divided into 200 or 400 squares. The spaces are each used for one Japanese character. The squares run in vertical columns as Japanese is traditionally written vertically.

Also can be romanised as "genkooyooshi."

[edit] References

• Seward, Jack. Easy Japanese: A Guide to Spoken and Written Japanese. 1993 Passport Books, Chicago.
• New College Japanese-English Dictionary, 5th Edition, Kenkyusha