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Old 02-01-2013, 04:30 AM   #67
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Originally Posted by Lynx-lynx View Post
Is handedness an issue when writing Japanese script?
Some traditionalists say yes, but modern folk say no. When correctly holding a writing 'brush,' it is held vertically. Strokes (the parts that make up the characters and kana) are ALWAYS made in the same direction each time, just as if you were, when printing the letter 'T,' to make the vertical stroke first, from top to bottom, then the horizontal one second, from left to right. Because the brush is held vertically without resting the hand on the paper, in 'theory' there should be no difference between lefties and righties. Today though, most people DO rest their hands on the paper when writing with a pencil or ball point pen.

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Do the Japanese slag off at lefties in their community like a lot of other countries do?
Exactly the same. It's VERY difficult to find left-handed kitchen tools, although all knife stores sell left-handed knives. (Many Japanese knives are only beveled on one side or the other, rather than both as is normal in the West. Trying to cut with a blade that is beveled on the 'wrong' side will turn sashimi into fishburger...


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