title: Read text file into several lists line by line
body: <p>If we have a text file as follows:</p>
  
  <pre><code>６   &amp;   ロク３ &amp;   サン
  ９   &amp;   キュウ
  ０   &amp;   ゼロ５ &amp;   ゴ
  ７   &amp;   ナナみぎ    &amp;   ミギひだり   &amp;   ヒダリ
  うえ  &amp;   ウエ
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How could one read it into python to get a list for each "column" in a way such as this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>a = ["6", "9", "0", "7", "うえ"]
  b = ["ロク３" , "キュウ", "ゼロ５", "ナナみぎ", "ウエ"]
  c = ["サン", "", "ゴ}", "ミギひだり", ""]
  d = ["", "ヒダリ", "", "", ""]
  </code></pre>