Because they were designed that way:
As for why they were designed that way, the best guess I can come up with is so that it matches the other languages, which use 12 or 13 "characters" per row. I don't know enough about Japanese otherwise to explain why.
Code:
{
// Hiragana
{L"あかさたなはまやらわぁゃっ"},
{L"いきしちにひみ り ぃ "},
{L"うくすつぬふむゆるをぅゅ゛"},
{L"えけせてねへめ れ ぇ ゜"},
{L"おこそとのほもよろんぉょー"},
},
{
// Katakana
{L"アカサタナハマヤラワァャッ"},
{L"イキシチニヒミ リ ィ "},
{L"ウクスツヌフムユルヲゥュ゛"},
{L"エケセテネヘメ レ ェ ゜"},
{L"オコソトノホモヨロンォョー"},
},As for why they were designed that way, the best guess I can come up with is so that it matches the other languages, which use 12 or 13 "characters" per row. I don't know enough about Japanese otherwise to explain why.
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I'm not Dark_Alex, nor do I claim to be. Our nicknames are merely coincidence.