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The information on this page is provided as ''guidelines'' on the use of romanised Japanese (''rōmaji'') in [[AniDB:About|AniDB]]. Please be aware that this is not an exact science, there are many viable solutions to the same problem, though when submitting [[How_to_update_or_correct_existing_entries|change requests]] on romanised titles users are expected to adhere to the 'house style' of the database. When there is contention over a particular issue, this page will provide both alternatives. External links to Wikipedia are provided throughout for ideas and terms that might be unfamiliar.
 
== What romanised titles are for ==
 
*'''Primarily''', to provide a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcription_%28linguistics%29 transcription] of the Japanese title that is ''aurally recognisable'' and ''readable'' by a user with little or no knowledge of the language. In using roman script, this is obviously targeted at speakers of European languages, however as this consitutes a majority of the poulation of AniDB users, this is a fair restriction.
 
*''Secondary'' purposes include corresponding with other transcriptions, assisting novices in reading unfamiliar words, enabling rough pronunciation of titles, providing an alternative method of searching for a japanese title, and clarification of the reading of a particular word or phrase where it might be ambiguous.
 
== What romanised titles aren't for ==
 
*There is no requirement to be able to reconstruct the original title from romanised form. With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_writing_system four distinct scripts], a wide range of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophone homophones], and typographic intricacies such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furigana furigana] usage, this is beyond the scope of a 26 letter alphabet. In all cases the Japanese title should be presented as well, a romanised form is in no way a replacement for this.
*Romanisation need not be a lossless [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliteration transliteration] of Japanese spelling. Though less so than English, Japanese pronunciation deviates somewhat from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoneme phonemic] spelling. As the aim is to provide an aurally recognisable transcription, it is more important to better reflect the sound than exact spelling.
*Romanised titles do not need to provide a basis for correct Japanese [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collation collation] of titles. This is a technical problem that would be better handled correctly through it's own system, and would interfere with the primary purpose of the romanisation.
 
== Hepburn romanisation ==
 
=== Table of kana romanisation ===
 
Table below adpated from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepburn wikipedia article on Hepburn], ''probably places this page revision under GPL or summat but that shouldn't matter much''. Obsolete kana are shown in <font color=red>red</font>.
 
{| border="0" cellspacing="2px" cellpadding="2px" width="100%"
 
|-bgcolor="#BECFEB" valign=top align="center"
!&#12354; ''a'' ア
!&#12356; ''i'' イ
!&#12358; ''u'' ウ
!&#12360; ''e'' エ
!&#12362; ''o'' オ
|bgcolor="#D4D4D4"|('''''ya''''')
|bgcolor="#D4D4D4"|('''''yu''''')
|bgcolor="#D4D4D4"|('''''yo''''')
 
|-
|colspan="8"|
 
|-bgcolor="#E7F5DE" valign=top align="center"
|&#12363; ''ka'' カ
|&#12365; ''ki'' キ
|&#12367; ''ku'' く
|&#12369; ''ke'' ケ
|&#12371; ''ko'' コ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12365;&#12419; ''kya'' キャ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12365;&#12421; ''kyu'' キュ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12365;&#12423; ''kyo'' キョ
 
|-bgcolor="#E7F5DE" valign=top align="center"
|&#12373; ''sa'' サ
|&#12375; ''shi'' シ
|&#12377; ''su'' ス
|&#12379; ''se'' セ
|&#12381; ''so'' ソ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12375;&#12419; ''sha'' シャ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12375;&#12421; ''shu'' シュ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12375;&#12423; ''sho'' ショ
 
|-bgcolor="#E7F5DE" valign=top align="center"
|&#12383; ''ta'' タ
|&#12385; ''chi'' チ
|&#12388; ''tsu'' ツ
|&#12390; ''te'' テ
|&#12392; ''to'' ト
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12385;&#12419; ''cha'' チャ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12385;&#12421; ''chu'' チュ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12385;&#12423; ''cho'' チョ
 
|-bgcolor="#E7F5DE" valign=top align="center"
|&#12394; ''na'' ナ
|&#12395; ''ni'' ニ
|&#12396; ''nu'' ヌ
|&#12397; ''ne'' ネ
|&#12398; ''no'' ノ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12395;&#12419; ''nya'' ニャ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12395;&#12421; ''nyu'' ニュ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12395;&#12423; ''nyo'' ニョ
 
|-bgcolor="#E7F5DE" valign=top align="center"
|&#12399; ''ha'' ハ
|&#12402; ''hi'' ヒ
|&#12405; ''fu'' フ
|&#12408; ''he'' ヘ
|&#12411; ''ho'' ホ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12402;&#12419; ''hya'' ヒャ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12402;&#12421; ''hyu'' ヒュ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12402;&#12423; ''hyo'' ヒョ
 
|-bgcolor="#E7F5DE" valign=top align="center"
|&#12414; ''ma'' マ
|&#12415; ''mi'' ミ
|&#12416; ''mu'' ム
|&#12417; ''me'' メ
|&#12418; ''mo'' モ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12415;&#12419; ''mya'' ミャ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12415;&#12421; ''myu'' ミュ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12415;&#12423; ''myo'' ミョ
 
|-bgcolor="#E7F5DE" valign=top align="center"
|&#12420; ''ya'' ヤ
|bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|&#12422; ''yu'' ユ
|bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|&#12424; ''yo'' ヨ
|bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="3"|
 
|-bgcolor="#E7F5DE" valign=top align="center"
|&#12425; ''ra'' ラ
|&#12426; ''ri'' リ
|&#12427; ''ru'' ル
|&#12428; ''re'' レ
|&#12429; ''ro'' ロ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12426;&#12419; ''rya'' リャ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12426;&#12421; ''ryu'' リュ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12426;&#12423; ''ryo'' リョ
 
|-bgcolor="#E7F5DE" valign=top align="center"
|&#12431; ''wa'' ワ
|<font color=red>&#12432; ''wi'' ヰ</font>
|bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|<font color=red>&#12433; ''we'' ゑ</font>
|&#12434; ''wo'' ヲ
|bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="3"|
 
|-bgcolor="#E7F5DE" valign=top align="center"
|bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="4"|
|&#12435; ''n'' ン
|bgcolor="#E9E9E9" colspan="3"|
 
|-
|colspan="8"|
 
|-bgcolor="#E7F5DE" valign=top align="center"
|&#12364; ''ga'' ガ
|&#12366; ''gi'' ギ
|&#12368; ''gu'' グ
|&#12370; ''ge'' ゲ
|&#12372; ''go'' ゴ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12366;&#12419; ''gya'' ギャ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12366;&#12421; ''gyu'' ギュ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12366;&#12423; ''gyo'' ギョ
 
|-bgcolor="#E7F5DE" valign=top align="center"
|&#12374; ''za'' ザ
|&#12376; ''ji'' ジ
|&#12378; ''zu'' ズ
|&#12380; ''ze'' ゼ
|&#12382; ''zo'' ゾ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12376;&#12419; ''ja'' ジャ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12376;&#12421; ''ju'' ジュ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12376;&#12423; ''jo'' ジョ
 
|-bgcolor="#E7F5DE" valign=top align="center"
|&#12384; ''da'' ダ
|&#12386; ''(ji)'' ヂ
|&#12389; ''(zu)'' ヅ
|&#12391; ''de'' デ
|&#12393; ''do'' ド
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12386;&#12419; ''(ja)'' ヂャ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12386;&#12421; ''(ju)'' ヂュ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12386;&#12423; ''(jo)'' ヂョ
 
|-bgcolor="#E7F5DE" valign=top align="center"
|&#12400; ''ba'' バ
|&#12403; ''bi'' ビ
|&#12406; ''bu'' ブ
|&#12409; ''be'' ベ
|&#12412; ''bo'' ボ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12403;&#12419; ''bya'' ビャ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12403;&#12421; ''byu'' ビュ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12403;&#12423; ''byo'' ビョ
 
|-bgcolor="#E7F5DE" valign=top align="center"
|&#12401; ''pa'' パ
|&#12404; ''pi'' ピ
|&#12407; ''pu'' プ
|&#12410; ''pe'' ペ
|&#12413; ''po'' ポ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12404;&#12419; ''pya'' ピャ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12404;&#12421; ''pyu'' ピュ
|bgcolor="#F3F5DE"|&#12404;&#12423; ''pyo'' ピョ
|}
 
''Possibly add modern katakana here as well''
 
 
=== Special cases ===
 
 
==== Particle は as ''wa'' ====
 
Accepted.
 
==== Particle へ as ''e'' ====
 
Sometimes contested.
 
==== Particle を as ''o'' ====
 
Often contested.
 
==== っ when geminate consonant ====
 
Often contested.
 
==== っ when exclamation ====
 
Accepted?
 
=== Deviations from Hepburn ===
 
 
==== Macron usage for long vowels ====
 
Accepted.
 
==== ん before labial consonants as 'm' ====
 
Accepted.
 
== Other orthography issues ==
 
 
=== Spacing ===
 
 
=== Capitalisation ===
 
 
=== Punctuation ===
 
 
== Practical guide ==


[[Category:Guidelines]] [[Category:Definitions]]
[[Category:Guidelines]] [[Category:Definitions]]
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