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Table of Modified Hepburn
(Romanaization system used in major databases)
*The letters highlighted in yellow are commonly mistaken.
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あ
a
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い
i |
う
u |
え
e |
お
o |
や
ya |
ゆ
yu |
よ
yo |
か
ka |
き
ki |
く
ku |
け
ke |
こ
ko |
きゃ
kya |
きゅ
kyu |
きょ
kyo |
さ
sa |
し
shi |
す
su |
せ
se |
そ
so |
しゃ
sha |
しゅ
shu |
しょ
sho |
た
ta |
ち
chi |
つ
tsu |
て
te |
と
to |
ちゃ
cha |
ちゅ
chu |
ちょ
cho |
な
na |
に
ni |
ぬ
nu |
ね
ne |
の
no |
にゃ
nya |
にゅ
nyu |
にょ
nyo |
は
ha |
ひ
hi |
ふ
fu |
へ
he |
ほ
ho |
ひゃ
hya |
ひゅ
hyu |
ひょ
hyo |
ま
ma |
み
mi |
む
mu |
め
me |
も
mo |
みゃ
mya |
みゅ
myu |
みょ
myo |
ら
ra |
り
ri |
る
ru |
れ
re |
ろ
ro |
りゃ
rya |
りゅ
ryu |
りょ
ryo |
わ
wa |
ん
n |
("は")
wa |
(" を")
o
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("へ")
e |
(ヴァ)
va |
(ヴィ)
vi |
(ヴォ)
vo |
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が
ga
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ぎ
gi |
ぐ
gu |
げ
ge |
ご
go |
ぎゃ
gya |
ぎゅ
gyu |
ぎょ
gyo |
ざ
za |
じ
ji |
ず
zu |
ぜ
ze |
ぞ
zo |
じゃ
ja |
じゅ
ju |
じょ
jo |
だ
da |
ぢ
ji |
づ
zu |
で
de |
ど
do |
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ば
ba |
び
bi |
ぶ
bu |
べ
be |
ぼ
bo |
びゃ
bya |
びゅ
byu |
びょ
byo |
ぱ
pa |
ぴ
pi |
ぷ
pu |
ぺ
pe |
ぽ
po |
ぴゃ
pya |
ぴゅ
pyu |
ぴょ
pyo |
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Pay special attention to:
- Long vowels: Omit them.
- 大阪 (おおさか) Osaka: <wrong> Oosaka / {correct} Osaka
- 研究 (けんきゅう) research: <wrong> kenkyuu / {correct} kenkyu
- Double consonants (small っ): Repeat the succeeding consonant.
- 日本 (にっぽん) Japan: Nippon
- ホットドッグ hotdog: hottodoggu
- Exception: Double consonants "cc" are transcribed as "tc."
- 一丁 (いっちょう) one piece: <wrong> iccho / {correct} itcho
- 坊ちゃん (ぼっちゃん) a boy: <wrong> bocchan / {correct} botcha
- "ん" is always transcribed as "n," not "m."
- 新聞 (しんぶん) newspaper: <wrong> shimbun / {correct} shinbun
- 短編 (たんぺん) a short story: <wrong> tampen / {correct} tanpen
- A continuous string of Japanese words must be divided into word units.
- 日本の政治と社会 Japanese politics and society: Nihon no seiji to shakai
- 日本史 Japanese history: Nihon shi
*To maximize your search results, input different romanized forms or word divisions. For example, "nihon shi" and "nihonshi" for 日本史.
*See this ALA-LC PDF guideline on Japanese romanization (American Library Association-Library Congress, revised March 2012) for more about the word division, capitalization and use of hyphens.
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