Exclamation Mark
- Main Japanese article: 感嘆符
- ！
The exclamation point or mark (感嘆符, kantanfu?) is usually used after an interjection or exclamation to indicate strong feelings or high volume, and generally marks the end of a sentence. A sentence ending in an exclamation mark is either an actual exclamation ("Wow!", "Boo!"), a command ("Stop!"), or is intended to be astonishing in some way ("They were the footprints of a gigantic hound!").
While there is no exclamation point in formal Japanese, it is very commonly used, especially in casual writing, fiction and manga.
Read more about this topic: Japanese Punctuation, Other Punctuation Marks in Common Use
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