Missing character - missing character

Japanese: 闕字 - けつじ
Missing character - missing character
When the name of an emperor or noble person appears in a sentence, one or two characters of space should be left above the name as a sign of respect. This is a custom that has been practiced since ancient times in China, and was followed in Japan as well. In addition, to avoid having a respectful word appear in the middle of a sentence, the practice of starting a new line with the word and writing it at the beginning of the line is called heishutsu.

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Japanese:
文章中に帝王あるいは貴人の名が出たとき，これを尊敬して名の上に１字あるいは２字程度の余白をあけること。中国で古くから行われた風習であるが，日本でもこれにならって行われた。なお，敬意をはらう語が文章の中途になるのを避けるため，その語をもって改行して行頭に書くことを平出(へいしゅつ)という。

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