noun
quotation marks; quote marks
Refers to the punctuation marks 「」, 『』, “ ”, or ‘ ’ used to enclose quoted text or speech.
会話の部分は引用符で囲んでください。
Please enclose the dialogue in quotation marks.
日本語の引用符には「」がよく使われる。
「」 are often used as quotation marks in Japanese.
鉤括弧 refers specifically to the Japanese corner brackets 「」, a type of 引用符.
Compound of 引用 (citation, quotation) and 符 (mark, sign). The term is a straightforward Sino-Japanese coinage for quotation marks.