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I am trying to translate the GUI of a simple memory game from English to
Japanese. I want to the user to be able to choose how many rows and columns
there should be in the memory game. For a 2x3 memory game it would look like
this:

```

    Rows
    2
    Columns
    3
    
```

However, no matter how much I look in my dictionary(jisho.org), I can't find
any separate words for "rows" and columns". The closest I can find is 列, but
it seems to mean eithers rows or columns. So how would I translate these two
words?
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How to translate rows and columns
It's [行]{ぎょう} and [列]{れつ} for "row" and "column", respectively. (And
[行列]{ぎょうれつ} means "matrix".) E.g.

> 2行3列のレイアウト  
>  a 2-row-3-column layout
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To expand on user1205935's answer, appending の数 will make it explicit that 行/列
is the unit of the number being asked:

```

    行の数
    2
    列の数
    3
    
```

Also, 縦/横 can be used to guard against possible confusion, as some people,
including me, tend to mix 行/列 up and need to make a mental check on which was
which (*).

```

    縦
    [   2] 行
    横
    [   3] 列
    
```

(*) The mnemonic is the kanji 行 has two horizontal lines (rows) and 列 has two
vertical lines (columns).
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