It goes both ways actually, and there are names for both. 横書き (yokogaki), is the term for horizontal writing (written left to right, top to bottom) and 縦書き (tategaki) is the term for vertical writing (written top to bottom, right to left).
155センチ (hyaku go juu go senchi)Japanese tend to use arabic numerals in writing, but there are kanji for the numbers as well. 155 in kanji is 百五十五 (pronounced, as in the translation of 155cm, as hyaku go juu go)
Five in Japanese is go.
the letter A
'Jigoku ni ochire!'
kabusu gambare
It is written top to bottom, right to left.
It can go left to right in certain places, but traditionally it is up-to down then right-to-left.
Periods go across the periodic table. Groups go down.
THEY GO ACROSS NOT UP AND DOWN. THAT IS FOR COLUMNS.
Latitude lines go -------- (across) And Longitude goes | | | (up & down)
Straight across
Up and down.
No that would be rows. Columns go down.
Langley
Horizontal is across. Vertical is up and down.
Electronegativity increases across (left to right) the periodic table and decreases on going down.
Rows go across and columns go up and down.