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Japanese notebook

Postby sodapple » August 3rd, 2008 6:37 pm

みなさん、どうも!元気?

What sizes have the squares in a notebook where japanese students write, and in the normal life japanese people use any kind of size or there is a standar size?

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Postby Psy » August 3rd, 2008 8:38 pm

Personally, I just use an everyday gridded notebook to practice writing and it's effective enough for my needs. It's probably cheaper to buy than print, but if you feel like playing around with sizes you can go here: http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/plain/

I don't know about a standard size-- while there probably is one, proportion is more important when writing characters.
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Postby hatch_jp » August 4th, 2008 1:30 pm

What sizes have the squares in a notebook where japanese students write,

It is depends on their grade. According to the following site;
http://www.rakuten.co.jp/somsoms/755561/758363/761761/
 Grade 1-3 : 22mm sq
 Grade 1-4 : 18mm x 17mm
 Grade 2-5 : 17mm x 15mm
 Grade 3-6 : 14mm sq
 Grade 3-6 : 14mm x 12mm
 Grade 4-6 : 11mm sq
 Jr High : 11mm sq

and in the normal life japanese people use any kind of size or there is a standar size?

We use any kinda size.

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Postby sodapple » August 5th, 2008 5:16 pm

8) Well, those were very good answers, I use notebooks with squares of 7mm and I thought I was some wrong but now when I wanted to use squares of 11mm they look to big, but anyway this was very helpful.

but this looks more japanese right?

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