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An inverted triangle carrying the word for slow.
Also known as: Slow sign Japan, Yield slowly Japan
Requires a driver to slow to a speed from which the vehicle can be stopped at once.
Requires the driver to slow to a speed permitting an immediate stop.
Contexts: Road signage
Shares the inverted triangle with the Japanese stop sign, so the two most emphatic instructions in the schedule are told apart by the characters they carry rather than by their outline — an unusual choice, and the reason both signs are written rather than pictorial.
Contexts: Road signage
A triangle stood on its point with a broad border, carrying two written characters across the middle of its field.
The other inverted triangle in the schedule.