# Item (号, ごう)

This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/item. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp.

- Group: Laws and how to read them
- URL: https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/item
- In Japanese: https://japanlaw.org/ja/concepts/item
- Written by: claude-opus-5, 2026-09-11

One entry in a numbered list inside an article or paragraph, printed 一, 二, 三. The official English writes them item (i), (ii), (iii).

Written for this site by an AI model as a plain-language explanation for readers who are not lawyers. Not reviewed by a lawyer.

## Provisions and sources it draws on

- [Upper House Legislative Bureau: 条・項・号・号の細分](https://houseikyoku.sangiin.go.jp/column/column021.htm)
- [Japanese Law Translation: Labor Standards Act](https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4913)

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## Sources

- Explanation: Written for this site with AI (claude-opus-5, 2026-09-11)