Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Japan-related articles

To write and edit Japan-related articles, please follow below conventions. Note

• see Wikipedia:Manual of Style for general case.
• see Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Japanese) for naming conventions of people in titles.
• see Wikipedia:Japanese translation note for appropriate translation terms

Romanization

Use the Hepburn system in principle. This system has several variants. Be careful of the details.

Basic

ア a	イ i	ウ u	エ e	オ o
カ ka	キ ki	ク ku	ケ ke	コ ko
サ sa	シ shi	ス su	セ se	ソ so
タ ta	チ chi	ツ tsu	テ te	ト to
ナ na	ニ ni	ヌ nu	ネ ne	ノ no
ハ ha	ヒ hi	フ fu	ヘ he	ホ ho
マ ma	ミ mi	ム mu	メ me	モ mo
ヤ ya		ユ yu		ヨ yo
ラ ra	リ ri	ル ru	レ re	ロ ro
ワ wa	ヰ i		ヱ e	ヲ o
ン n/m
ガ ga	ギ gi	グ gu	ゲ ge	ゴ go
ザ za	ジ ji	ズ zu	ゼ ze	ゾ zo
ダ da	ヂ ji	ヅ zu	デ de	ド do
バ ba	ビ bi	ブ bu	ベ be	ボ bo
パ pa	ピ pi	プ pu	ペ pe	ポ po

キャ kya	キュ kyu	キョ kyo
ギャ gya	ギュ gyu	ギョ gyo
シャ sha	シュ shu	ショ sho
ジャ ja	ジュ ju	ジョ jo
チャ cha	チュ chu	チョ cho
ヂャ ja	ヂュ ju	ヂョ jo
ニャ nya	ニュ nyu	ニョ nyo
ヒャ hya	ヒュ hyu	ヒョ hyo
ビャ bya	ビュ byu	ビョ byo
ピャ pya	ピュ pyu	ピョ pyo
ミャ mya	ミュ myu	ミョ myo
リャ rya	リュ ryu	リョ ryo

Extension

			イェ ye
	ウィ wi		ウェ we	ウォ wo
ヴァ va	ヴィ vi	ヴ vu	ヴェ ve	ヴォ vo
			シェ she
			ジェ je
			チェ che
		ティ ti	トゥ tu
		ディ di	ドゥ du
ツァ tsa	ツィ tsi		ツェ tse	ツォ tso
ファ fa	フィ fi		フェ fe	フォ fo
		フュ fyu

Notes

1. ハ and ヘ as particles are spelled <wa> and <e> respectively.
2. ン followed by <b>, <m> or <p> is spelled <m>, the rest <n>.
3. ン followed by vowels or <y> is spelled <n'>.
4. ッ doubles the following consonant except for <sh>, <ch> and <ts>. They are spelled <ssh>, <tch> and <tts> respectively.

Long vowels

In content, long vowels should be indicated with macrons at least the first time the word is used, eg. Tōkyō. The macrons can be omitted in subsequent mentions.

However, article titles must always use short vowels (Tokyo), since macrons are difficult to enter and kana spelling cannot be expected from people not familiar with Japanese.

Examples

• ろくじょう Rokujō (not Rokujyou)
• たかふみ Takafumi (not Takahumi)
• しんぶん Shimbun (not shinbun nor shinbun')

Interwiki links

To link an article in Japanese wikipedia, do not put a space between the surname and the given name. Japanese name with Chinese characters should be inside parentheses followed by comma and the date of birth and death.

How to know the Unicode for Japanese characters

Just type Japanese characters at Google search engine, then it returns HTML special characters like &#31070;&#39080; (神風).

The opening paragraph

In the title, the opening paragraph should look like this...

"At 3,776 meters (12,388 feet) tall, Mount Fuji (Japanese:富士山, Hepburn: Fuji-san, Nippon-shiki/Kunrei: Huzi-san) is the highest mountain on the island of Honshu and all of Japan."

Include the Nippon-shiki and/or the Kunrei in parenthenses next to the Japanese in the title.

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A good article should look like:

[[ja:夏目漱石]]

'''Natsume Soseki''' (夏目 漱石, [[1867]] - [[1916]]) is bahbah....