diff --git a/home/.XCompose b/home/.XCompose
index 462268d..972f610 100644
--- a/home/.XCompose
+++ b/home/.XCompose
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ include "%L"
 <Multi_key> <percent> <0> <0> <D>           : "ↇ"   U2187       # ROMAN NUMERAL FIFTY THOUSAND
 <Multi_key> <percent> <0> <0> <M>           : "ↈ"   U2188       # ROMAN NUMERAL ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
 
+## quotation marks
+### japanese
+
+<Multi_key> <j> <doublelowquotemark>  : "「" U300C # LEFT CORNER BRACKET
+<Multi_key> <j> <leftdoublequotemark> : "」" U300D # RIGHT CORNER BRACKET
+<Multi_key> <j> <singlelowquotemark>  : "『" U300D # LEFT WHITE CORNER BRACKET
+<Multi_key> <j> <leftsinglequotemark> : "』" U300F # RIGHT WHITE CORNER BRACKET
 
 # misc symbols
 <Multi_key> <n> <s>                 : "卐"  U5350         # CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH