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rowspan="2" class="policy-box-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Accessories-text-editor.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="link={{{imglink}}}"><img alt="link={{{imglink}}}" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Accessories-text-editor.svg/50px-Accessories-text-editor.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Accessories-text-editor.svg/75px-Accessories-text-editor.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Accessories-text-editor.svg/100px-Accessories-text-editor.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48"/></a></span> </td> <td>This is a <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wiktionary:Policies and guidelines">Wiktionary policy, guideline or common practices page</a>. This is a <b>draft proposal</b>. It is unofficial, and it is unknown whether it is widely accepted by Wiktionary editors. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Policies</b> – Entries: <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Criteria_for_inclusion" title="Wiktionary:Criteria for inclusion">CFI</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Entry_layout" title="Wiktionary:Entry layout">EL</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Normalization_of_entries" title="Wiktionary:Normalization of entries">NORM</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wiktionary:Neutral point of view">NPOV</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Quotations" title="Wiktionary:Quotations">QUOTE</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Redirections" title="Wiktionary:Redirections">REDIR</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Page_deletion_guidelines" title="Wiktionary:Page deletion guidelines">DELETE</a>. Languages: <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Language_treatment" title="Wiktionary:Language treatment">LT</a> - <a href="/wiki/Category:Wiktionary_language_considerations" title="Category:Wiktionary language considerations">AXX</a>. Others: <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Blocking_policy" title="Wiktionary:Blocking policy">BLOCK</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Bots" title="Wiktionary:Bots">BOTS</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Voting_policy" title="Wiktionary:Voting policy">VOTES</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="noprint plainlinks shortcut-box"><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Shortcut" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiktionary:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>:<br/><code><a class="external text" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:JA_TR&redirect=no">WT:JA TR</a></code></div><p>These are the rules concerning transliteration in <a href="/wiki/Category:Japanese_language" title="Category:Japanese language">Japanese</a> entries. </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Transliteration_of_the_Japanese_Language" data-mw-thread-id="h-Transliteration_of_the_Japanese_Language"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Transliteration_of_the_Japanese_Language"></span>Transliteration of the Japanese Language<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Transliteration_of_the_Japanese_Language"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Japanese_transliteration&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Transliteration of the Japanese Language"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The basis for <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Policy_-_Transliteration#Key_terms" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiktionary:Policy - Transliteration">Wiktionary's romanization</a> of Japanese (called <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/romaji#English" title="romaji">romaji</a></i> or <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E5%AD%97#Japanese" title="ローマ字">ローマ字</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-tr tr">rōmaji</span>, literally <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">Roman letters</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> in Japanese) is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepburn_romanization#Hepburn_romanization_charts" class="extiw" title="w:Hepburn romanization">Hepburn system</a>. Other than the rules elaborated below, all Japanese text should follow the Hepburn romanization charts on Wikipedia (this does not include the rules qualifying those charts that are also listed above in the same article). <b>Draft Note:</b> Wiktionary employs some modifications to Hepburn that are not included in Wikipedia, particularly with regard to the use of <span class="IPA">⟨ī⟩</span> to romanize <span class="IPA">/iː/</span> (the long "i" sound). </p><p>There are two sets of rules qualifying these charts. The first is the "strict" set, to be followed in article titles and the like for maximum consistency, and the second is the "relaxed" set, which can be used in running text for improved readability. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Strict_rules" data-mw-thread-id="h-Strict_rules-Transliteration_of_the_Japanese_Language"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Strict_rules-Transliteration_of_the_Japanese_Language"></span>Strict rules<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Strict_rules-Transliteration_of_the_Japanese_Language"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Japanese_transliteration&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Strict rules"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Every word in Japanese must be expressed as a single romanized "word", with no spaces or hyphens. <dl><dd>A word, in this context, is a single sentence component. This does not include particles, called <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E5%8A%A9%E8%A9%9E#Japanese" title="助詞"><ruby>助<rp>(</rp><rt>じょ</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby><ruby>詞<rp>(</rp><rt>し</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby></a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr"><span class="mention-tr tr">joshi</span></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, nor compound nouns, which are treated separately. Conjugated forms are counted as a single word, whereas verbs consisting of <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E3%81%99%E3%82%8B#Japanese" title="する">する</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr"><span class="mention-tr tr">suru</span></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> affixed to a noun treat the <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E3%81%99%E3%82%8B#Japanese" title="する">する</a></i> separately. The following illustrates some examples, with appropriate romanization in parentheses:</dd></dl> <ul><li><span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E3%81%97%E3%82%8A%E3%81%A8%E3%82%8A#Japanese" title="しりとり">しりとり</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr"><span class="mention-tr tr">shiritori</span></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li><span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E7%8F%BE%E4%BB%A3%E7%9A%84#Japanese" title="現代的"><ruby>現<rp>(</rp><rt>げん</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby><ruby>代<rp>(</rp><rt>だい</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby><ruby>的<rp>(</rp><rt>てき</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby></a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr"><span class="mention-tr tr">gendaiteki</span></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li><span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E7%9C%8C%E5%BA%81%E6%89%80%E5%9C%A8%E5%9C%B0#Japanese" title="県庁所在地"><ruby>県<rp>(</rp><rt>けん</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby><ruby>庁<rp>(</rp><rt>ちょう</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby><ruby>所<rp>(</rp><rt>しょ</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby><ruby>在<rp>(</rp><rt>ざい</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby><ruby>地<rp>(</rp><rt>ち</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby></a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr"><span class="mention-tr tr">kenchō shozaichi</span></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li><span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E3%81%8C#Japanese" title="が">が</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr"><span class="mention-tr tr">ga</span></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li><span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E5%8B%89%E5%BC%B7#Japanese" title="勉強"><ruby>勉強<rp>(</rp><rt>べんきょう</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>する</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr"><span class="mention-tr tr">benkyō suru</span></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li><span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E8%A1%8C%E3%81%8F#Japanese" title="行く"><ruby>行<rp>(</rp><rt>い</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>く、<ruby>行<rp>(</rp><rt>い</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>って、<ruby>行<rp>(</rp><rt>い</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>きます、<ruby>行<rp>(</rp><rt>い</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>けば、<ruby>行<rp>(</rp><rt>い</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>かない</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr"><span class="mention-tr tr">iku, itte, ikimasu, ikeba, ikanai</span></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul></li> <li>Each word must be separated from other words by spaces. <ul><li><span class="Jpan" lang="ja">書式を意識して書きます</span> (<i>shoshiki o ishiki shite kakimasu</i>).</li></ul></li> <li>The character <span class="Jpan" lang="ja">は</span>, when used as a particle, must be transliterated as <i>wa</i> instead of <i>ha</i>. <ul><li><span class="Jpan" lang="ja">これ<b>は</b>例文です</span> (<i>kore <b>wa</b> reibun desu</i>)</li></ul></li> <li>The character <span class="Jpan" lang="ja">を</span>, when used as a particle, must be transliterated as <i>o</i> instead of <i>wo</i>. <dl><dd>When used in proper nouns, including person and place names, it must be transliterated as <i>o</i> unless it is customary to transliterate that person's or place's name as <i>wo</i>.</dd></dl></li> <li>The character <span class="Jpan" lang="ja">へ</span>, when used as a particle, must be transliterated as <i>e</i> instead of <i>he</i>. <ul><li>日本へ行きたい (<i>Nihon e ikitai</i>)</li></ul></li> <li>The character <span class="Jpan" lang="ja">ん</span>, when followed in the same word by a vowel (<span class="Jpan" lang="ja">あ</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja">い</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja">う</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja">え</span>, or <span class="Jpan" lang="ja">お</span>) or semivowel "y" mora (<span class="Jpan" lang="ja">や</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja">ゆ</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja">よ</span>), must be transliterated as <i>n'</i> instead of just <i>n</i>. <ul><li>近縁 (きんえん, <i>kin'en</i>), as opposed to 近年 (きんねん, <i>kinnen</i>) and 記念 (きねん, <i>kinen</i>)</li> <li>金融 (きんゆう, <i>kin'yū</i>), as opposed to 記入 (きにゅう, <i>kinyū</i>)</li> <li><b>Exception:</b> This does not apply to "w" mora (<span class="Jpan" lang="ja">わ</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja">ウィ</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja">ウェ</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja">ウォ</span>). Instead, a rare "nw" mora (<span class="Jpan" lang="ja">ヌァ</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja">ヌィ</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja">ヌェ</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja">ヌォ</span>), must begin <i>'nw</i> instead of just <i>nw</i>.</li> <li>ルブヌィ (<i>Rubu'nwi</i>), as opposed to おんわ (<i>onwa</i>) or コンウィ (<i>Konwi</i>)</li></ul></li> <li>Any symbol followed by ー (the chōonpu) indicates that the vowel is long and it is transliterated by using the vowel with a macron over it (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). <ul><li>らーめん (<i>rāmen</i>), ビー玉 (ビーだま, <i>bīdama</i>), スーツ (<i>sūtsu</i>), ケーキ (<i>kēki</i>), オーケストラ (<i>ōkesutora</i>).</li></ul></li> <li>Any syllable ending in the お (<i>o</i>) sound that is followed by う in the same word must be considered a "long o" and transliterated as <i>ō</i>. <ul><li>交差点 (こうさてん, <i>kōsaten</i>) and ありがとう (<i>arigatō</i>)</li> <li><b>Exception:</b> if there is a <a href="/wiki/morphemic" title="morphemic">morphemic</a> break between お and う, おう should be transliterated <i>ou</i>. For example: <ul><li>If the う is the final syllable in a verb, and thus transformed to another syllable as a result of conjugation: 誘う (さそう, <i>sasou</i>).</li> <li>In compound terms, such as 牡牛 (おうし, <i>oushi</i>) and 牡馬 (おうま, <i>ouma</i>).</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E3%81%82%E3%81%82" title="ああ">ああ</a> (<i>aa</i>), いい (<i>ii</i>), うう (<i>uu</i>), ええ (<i>ee</i>) and おお (<i>oo</i>) combinations are considered long vowel forms and are transliterated as <i>ā</i>, <i>ī</i>, <i>ū</i>, <i>ē</i> and <i>ō</i> respectively. <ul><li><b>Exception:</b> If there is a morpheme boundary, then both vowels must be written.</li> <li>お母さん (おかあさん, <i>okāsan</i>), らーめん (<i>rāmen</i>), and 逆上がり (さかあがり, <i>sakaagari</i>).</li> <li>姉さん (ねえさん, <i>nēsan</i>), exceptions: 濡れ縁 (ぬれえん, <i>nureen</i>) and ケーキ (<i>kēki</i>).</li> <li>新潟 (にいがた, <i>Nīgata</i>), ビー玉 (ビーだま, <i>bīdama</i>), and 言い (<i>ii</i>).</li> <li>大騒ぎ (おおさわぎ, <i>ōsawagi</i>), exceptions: 呉音 (ごおん, <i>goon</i>) and 女王 (じょおう, <i>joō</i>).</li> <li>十 (じゅう, <i>jū</i>), exceptions: 食う (くう, <i>kuu</i>) and 風雲 (ふううん, <i>fūun</i>).</li></ul></li> <li>っ (the sokuon, a.k.a. little <i>tsu</i>) must be transliterated as a doubling of the initial consonant of the following character. If there is no following character, then it is transliterated as an apostrophe (write <code>&apos;</code> to escape from markups). <ul><li>喫茶店 (きっさてん, <i>kissaten</i>), って (<i>tte</i>), あっ (<i>a'</i>)</li> <li><b>Exceptions:</b> <ul><li>If the sokuon precedes the chi kana (ち/チ), do not use "cchi" and instead use "tchi" (or the equivalent yōon, e.g. tcha、tcho, etc.): しょっちゅう (<i>shotchū</i>).</li> <li>If the sokuon precedes an "n" (ナ, ニ, ヌ, ネ, ノ) or "m" mora (マ, ミ, ム, メ, モ), transliterate it using an apostrophe: ハガッニャ (<i>Haga'nya</i>), トッモ (<i>to'mo</i>).</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Japanese punctuation can be romanized with the closest equivalent English punctuation: . for 。; ,　for 、; " for 「 or 」; etc. <ul><li>行きましょうか。 <i>Ikimashō ka.</i></li> <li>ポテチを取り、食べる。 <i>Potechi o tori, taberu.</i></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Relaxed_rules" data-mw-thread-id="h-Relaxed_rules-Transliteration_of_the_Japanese_Language"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Relaxed_rules-Transliteration_of_the_Japanese_Language"></span>Relaxed rules<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Relaxed_rules-Transliteration_of_the_Japanese_Language"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Japanese_transliteration&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Relaxed rules"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>If a compound word can be broken into discrete parts, especially when one of the parts is a common prefix or suffix, use a hyphen to separate the parts. <ul><li><span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E7%90%86%E6%83%B3%E7%9A%84#Japanese" title="理想的"><ruby>理想<rp>(</rp><rt>りそう</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby><ruby>的<rp>(</rp><rt>てき</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby></a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr"><span class="mention-tr tr">risō-teki</span></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li><span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E5%B2%90%E9%98%9C#Japanese" title="岐阜"><ruby>岐<rp>(</rp><rt>ぎ</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby><ruby>阜<rp>(</rp><rt>ふ</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby><ruby>市<rp>(</rp><rt>し</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby></a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr"><span class="mention-tr tr">Gifu-shi</span></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li><span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E4%B8%8D%E5%8F%AF%E7%AE%97%E5%90%8D%E8%A9%9E#Japanese" title="不可算名詞"><ruby>不<rp>(</rp><rt>ふ</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby><ruby>可<rp>(</rp><rt>か</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby><ruby>算<rp>(</rp><rt>さん</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby><ruby>名<rp>(</rp><rt>めい</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby><ruby>詞<rp>(</rp><rt>し</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby></a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr"><span class="mention-tr tr">fu-kasan meishi</span></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li><b>Exception:</b> if the word is very short, or the prefix or suffix is strongly associated with the word: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E3%81%94%E9%A3%AF#Japanese" title="ご飯">ご<ruby>飯<rp>(</rp><rt>はん</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby></a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr"><span class="mention-tr tr">gohan</span></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E5%BE%A1%E8%8C%B6#Japanese" title="御茶"><ruby>御茶<rp>(</rp><rt>おちゃ</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby></a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr"><span class="mention-tr tr">ocha</span></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul></li> <li>If a particle or suffix is strongly associated with the preceding word, it is acceptable to use a hyphen instead of a space. <ul><li><span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E9%88%B4%E6%9C%A8#Japanese" title="鈴木"><ruby>鈴木<rp>(</rp><rt>すずき</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>さん</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr"><span class="mention-tr tr">Suzuki-san</span></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul></li> <li>If a sentence is a question, a question mark should be used in the romanization. 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