MarioWiki:Japanese

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This article is under construction. Therefore, please excuse its informal appearance while it is being worked on. We hope to have it completed as soon as possible.

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.

General Rules

Romanizations should be italicized.

Kana Table

For the most part, Hepburn romanization is used on this wiki, so the kana should be romanized according to the following table. Hiragana are on the left, katakana are on the right and the romanization is below them. 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 ア
a
い イ
i
う ウ
u
え エ
e
お オ
o
か カ
ka
き キ
ki
く ク
ku
け ケ
ke
こ コ
ko
きゃ キャ
kya
きゅ キュ
kyu
きょ キョ
kyo
さ サ
sa
し シ
shi
す ス
su
せ セ
se
そ ソ
so
しゃ シャ
sha
しゅ シュ
shu
しょ ショ
sho
た タ
ta
ち チ
chi
つ ツ
tsu
て テ
te
と ト
to
ちゃ チャ
cha
ちゅ チュ
chu
ちょ チョ
cho
な ナ
na
に ニ
ni
ぬ ヌ
nu
ね ネ
ne
の ノ
no
にゃ ニャ
nya
にゅ ニュ
nyu
にょ ニョ
nyo
は ハ
ha
ひ ヒ
hi
ふ フ
fu
へ ヘ
he
ほ ホ
ho
ひゃ ヒャ
hya
ひゅ ヒュ
hyu
ひょ ヒョ
hyo
ま マ
ma
み ミ
mi
む ム
mu
め メ
me
も モ
mo
みゃ ミャ
mya
みゅ ミュ
myu
みょ ミョ
myo
や ヤ
ya
  ゆ ユ
yu
  よ ヨ
yo
ら ラ
ra
り リ
ri
る ル
ru
れ レ
re
ろ ロ
ro
りゃ リャ
rya
りゅ リュ
ryu
りょ リョ
ryo
わ ワ
wa
ゐ ヰ
wi
ゑ ヱ
we
を ヲ
wo
Voiced が ガ
ga
ぎ ギ
gi
ぐ グ
gu
げ ゲ
ge
ご ゴ
go
ぎゃ ギャ
gya
ぎゅ ギュ
gyu
ぎょ ギョ
gyo
ざ ザ
za
じ ジ
ji
ず ズ
zu
ぜ ゼ
ze
ぞ ゾ
zo
じゃ ジャ
ja
じゅ ジュ
ju
じょ ジョ
jo
だ ダ
da
ぢ ジ
ji
づ ヅ
zu
で デ
de
ど ド
do
ぢゃ ジャ
ja
ぢゅ ジュ
ju
ぢょ ジョ
jo
ば バ
ba
び ビ
bi
ぶ ブ
bu
べ ベ
be
ぼ ボ
bo
びゃ ビャ
bya
びゅ ビュ
byu
びょ ビョ
byo
Semi-voiced ぱ パ
pa
ぴ ピ
pi
ぷ プ
pu
ぺ ペ
pe
ぽ ポ
po
ぴゃ ピャ
pya
ぴゅ ピュ
pyu
ぴょ ピョ
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.

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

  • ヌゥ → nu~u
ィェ
イィ
yi
イェ
ye
ウァ
wa
ウィ
wi
ウゥ
wu
ウェ
we
ウォ
wo
ウュ
wyu
ヴァ
va
ヴィ
vi

vu
ヴェ
ve
ヴォ
vo
ヴャ
vya
ヴュ
vyu
ヴョ
vyo
ヴィェ
vye
キェ
kye
ギェ
gye
クァ
kwa
クィ
kwi
クェ
kwe
クォ
kwo
クヮ
kwa
グァ
gwa
グィ
gwi
グェ
gwe
グォ
gwo
グヮ
gwa
シェ
she
ジェ
je
スィ
si
ズィ
zi
チェ
che
ツァ
tsa
ツィ
tsi
ツェ
tse
ツォ
tso
ツュ
tsyu
ティ
ti
テュ
tyu
ディ
di
デュ
dyu
トゥ
tu
ドゥ
du
ニェ
nye
ヒェ
hye
ビェ
bye
ピェ
pye
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
ホゥ
hu
ミェ
mye
リェ
rye
* ラ゜
la
リ゜
li
ル゜
lu
レ゜
le
ロ゜
lo
ヷ 
va

vi

ve

vo

ん should be romanized n in most circumstances.

  • 日本nihon
  • こんな → konna
  • アンナ → anna

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

  • 禁煙kin'en
  • 祈念kinen

ん should never be rendered as m.

  • 新聞shinbun, not shimbun

Long Vowels

はあ ハー 
ひい ヒー 
ふう フー 
へえ へい ヘー 
ほお ほう ホー 

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

  • 大魔王daimaō
  • もう →
  • 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 . 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.

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

  • 閣下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.

Subjects With Japanese Names

If a subject must be called by its Japanese name per MarioWiki:Naming, it should be romanized in all uses on the Super Mario Wiki. For the most part, the romanization rules outlined above should be followed. However, there are a few differences to keep in mind.

Words originating from English or other languages using the Latin Alphabet should be written as they would be in their language of origin.

  • メンハンマー
    • Normal Romanization → menhanmā
    • Name Romanization → menhammer

Titles should use regular English title case.

  • スーパーマリオ 不思議のころころパーティ
    • Normal romanization → sūpā mario: fushigi no korokoro pāti
    • Name romanization → Super Mario: Fushigi no Korokoro Party

For the convenience of editors who cannot easily type vowels with macrons, redirects should be created from titles without macrons to the canonical title.