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Romanization of Japanese

The romanization of Japanese is the use of Latin script to write the Japanese language. This method of writing is sometimes referred to in Japanese as rōmaji (ローマ字; lit. 'Roman letters', ⓘ or ).

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History

Modern systems

Non-standard romanization

Differences among romanizations

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Kana without standardized forms of romanization

Historical romanizations

Roman letter names in Japanese

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Romanization of Japanese

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Avg. degree1.98
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Romanization of Japanese

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related to Hepburn · 19
Romanization of Japanese → American National Standard System, Anglophones, English, English-speaking, For, Hepburn, It, Japan, Japanese, Jun'ichirō, Modified Hepburn, October, Revised Hepburn, Romance, Romanization, The Revised Hepburn, This, United States, Without
related to Differences among romanizations · 7
Romanization of Japanese → Despite, Hepburn, International Phonetic Alphabet, Japanese, Kunrei-shiki, Nihon-shiki, This
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Romanization of Japanese → use of Latin script to write the Japanese language

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japanese romanization hepburn system used nihon-shiki kana rōmaji use kunrei-shiki written japan systems example romanized read write writing also vowels

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Romanization of Japaneserelated to Differences among romanizationsInternational Phonetic Alphabet0.60section
Romanization of Japaneserelated to HepburnHepburn0.60section
Romanization of Japaneserelated to HepburnEnglish0.60section
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