Wave Dash
- Main Japanese article: 波ダッシュ
| Symbol | Unicode | JIS X 0213 | Encoding |
|---|---|---|---|
| 〜 | U+301C | 1-1-33 | 〜 |
The wave dash 〜 (波ダッシュ, nami dasshu?, wave dash) resembles a lengthened tilde.
Uses in Japanese include:
- To indicate ranges (5時〜6時, from 5 o'clock to 6 o'clock; 東京〜大阪 Tokyo to Osaka). In such cases it may be read as ...kara...made (...から...まで)
- To separate a title from a subtitle on the same line; in English a colon is used for this purpose.
- To mark subtitles: 〜概要〜
- In pairs, in place of dashes or brackets: 〜〜答え〜〜
- To indicate origin: フランス〜 (from France)
- To indicate a long or drawn-out vowel (ですよね〜 or あ〜〜〜), usually for comic or cute effect
- To indicate or suggest that music is playing: ♬ 〜
- To suggest a ruled line: 〜〜〜〜〜 or 〜・〜・〜
Read more about this topic: Japanese Punctuation, Japanese Punctuation Marks
Famous quotes containing the words wave and/or dash:
“Down the blue night the unending columns press
In noiseless tumult, break and wave and flow,”
—Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)
“The office ... make[s] its incumbent a repair man behind a dyke. No sooner is one leak plugged than it is necessary to dash over and stop another that has broken out. There is no end to it.”
—Herbert Hoover (1874–1964)