MarioWiki:Japanese

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Although many editors are not familiar with Japanese characters, specific Japanese words are often of interest in articles. In these cases, it is usually appropriate to provide a romanization of that word – in other words, to write it using the Latin Alphabet. Generally, romanizations are only appropriate for singular words or short phrases of interest. Long passages usually should not include a romanization; in these cases a translation is preferable.

Kana Table

For the most part, Hepburn romanization is used on this wiki, so the kana should be romanized according to the following table. Red marks romanizations that are unsystematic; editors should be aware of these so as to avoid accidental use of the systematic equivalent.

	gojūon					yōon
Unvoiced	あ a	い i	う u	え e	お o
	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
	や ya		ゆ yu		よ yo
	ら ra	り ri	る ru	れ re	ろ ro	りゃ rya	りゅ ryu	りょ ryo
	わ wa				を wo
Voiced	が ga	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	ぢゃ ja	ぢゅ ju	ぢょ jo
	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

Extended Katakana

Because extended katakana are not completely standardized in their usage, the correct way of romanizing them can often be difficult to determine. The following table gives some examples of possible romanizations, but editors are advised to use their own judgment in conjunction with the table. The examples provided may not be appropriate to some situations, and extended katakana not covered by the table are very likely to crop up at times.

	ｧ	ィ	ｩ	ェ	ｫ	ャ	ュ	ｮ	ィェ	ヮ	∅
イ		イィ yi		イェ ye
ウ	ウァ wa	ウィ wi	ウゥ wu	ウェ we	ウォ wo		ウュ wyu
ヴ	ヴァ va	ヴィ vi		ヴェ ve	ヴォ vo	ヴャ vya	ヴュ vyu	ヴョ vyo	ヴィェ vye		ヴ vu
キ				キェ kye
ギ				ギェ gye
ク	クァ kwa	クィ kwi		クェ kwe	クォ kwo					クヮ kwa
グ	グァ gwa	グィ gwi		グェ gwe	グォ gwo					グヮ gwa
シ				シェ she
ジ				ジェ je
ス		スィ si
ズ		ズィ zi
チ				チェ che
ツ	ツァ tsa	ツィ tsi		ツェ tse	ツォ tso		ツュ tsyu
テ		ティ ti					テュ tyu
デ		ディ di					デュ dyu
ト			トゥ tu
ド			ドゥ du
ニ				ニェ nye
ヒ				ヒェ hye
ビ				ビェ bye
ピ				ピェ pye
フ	ファ fa	フィ fi		フェ fe	フォ fo	フャ fya	フュ fyu	フョ fyo	フィェ fye
ホ			ホゥ hu
ミ				ミェ mye
リ				リェ rye
*	ラ゜ la	リ゜ li	ル゜ lu	レ゜ le	ロ゜ lo
	ヷ　 va	ヸ vi		ヹ ve	ヺ vo

ん

ん should be romanized n in most circumstances.

• 日本　（にほん） -> nihon
• こんな -> konna
• アンナ -> anna

When ん is immidiately followed by one of the あ‐row kana, it should instead be n', to distinguish it from the な‐row kana.

• 禁煙　（きんえん） -> kin'en
• 祈念　（きねん） -> kinen

ん should never be rendered as m.

• 新聞　（しんぶん） -> shinbun, not shimbun

Long Vowels

Long vowels should always be noted by placing a macron over the vowel.

• 大魔王　（だいまおう） -> daimaō
• もう -> mō
• ルイージ -> ruīji

Note that this is a difference from the usual Hepburn style, which mandates that long え and い be romanized as ei and ii in certain cases. Also be careful to distinguish between cases like 問う（とう） and 糖（とう）. The former should be tou, while the latter should be tō. This is due to the fact that what looks like a long vowel in 問う is actually separated over two different morphemes, and so is pronounced as two distinct vowels rather than a single long one.

っ

When っ is followed by a consonant other than n, it should be represented by doubling the consonant directly following it.

• 閣下　（かっか） -> kakka
• もっと -> motto
• クッパ -> kuppa

Note that っち should be cchi, never tchi.

は, を, and へ

When used as particles, は,を, and へ should be romanized as wa, o, and e, rather than the usual ha, wo, and he.

Other Small Kana

Small kana not covered elsewhere can be romanized as ~ followed by the romanization of the corresponding larger kana.

• ヌゥ -> nu~u