Take the tour ×  In what scenarios would you use 「」 quotation
marks instead of 『』, and vice versa?  share|improve this
question The question suggests that you already know some rules
about the distinction between 「」 and 『』 and want to know
exceptions to the rules. If so, can you state what you know? – 
Tsuyoshi Ito Jun 19 '11 at 19:53 I do not know about the
distinction between the symbols, other than they are both
variants of the quotation mark symbols. I would like to know in
what situation you would use one as opposed to the other. – 
awesomeguy Jun 19 '11 at 21:01 add comment  2 Answers  up vote
15 down vote accepted  In Japanese, the symbols 「」 are called
鉤括弧 (かぎかっこ) and the symbols 『』 are called 二重鉤括弧 (にじゅうかぎかっこ). The
basic rules for these symbols are simple: 「」 is used to denote
quotation, and 『』 is used to denote quotation inside a 「」-quote.
先生が生徒に「『おはよう』はフランス語で何と言いますか」と聞いた。
(せんせいがせいとに「『おはよう』はフランスごでなんといいますか」ときいた。) A teacher asked a
student, “How do you say ‘Good morning’ in French?”  In some
context