Romanization convention

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  (拗音)
a(あ) i(い) u(う) e(え) o(お)  
ka(か) ki(き) ku(く) ke(け) ko(こ) kya(きゃ) kyu(きゅ) kyo(きょ)
sa(さ) shi(し) su(す) se(せ) so(そ) sha(しゃ) shu(しゅ) sho(しょ)
ta(た) chi(ち) tsu(つ) te(て) to(と) cha(ちゃ) chu(ちゅ) cho(ちょ)
na(な) ni(に) nu(ぬ) ne(ね) no(の) nya(にゃ) nyu(にゅ) nyo(にょ)
ha(は) hi(ひ) fu(ふ) he(へ) ho(ほ) hya(ひゃ) hyu(ひゅ) hyo(ひょ)
ma(ま) mi(み) mu(む) me(め) mo(も) mya(みゃ) myu(みゅ) myo(みょ)
ya(や) yu(ゆ) yo(よ)  
ra(ら) ri(り) ru(る) re(れ) ro(ろ) rya(りゃ) ryu(りゅ) ryo(りょ)
wa(わ) (wi)(うぃ)   (we)(うぇ) o(を)  
n(ん)
ga(が) gi(ぎ) gu(ぐ) ge(げ) go(ご) gya(ぎゃ) gyu(ぎゅ) gyo(ぎょ)
za(ざ) ji(じ) zu(ず) ze(ぜ) zo(ぞ) ja(じゃ) ju(じゅ) jo(じょ)
da(だ) (ji)(ぢ) (zu)(づ) de(で) do(ど) (ja)(ぢゃ) (ju)(ぢゅ) (jo)(ぢょ)
ba(ば) bi(び) bu(ぶ) be(べ) bo(ぼ) bya(びゃ) byu(びゅ) byo(びょ)
pa(ぱ) pi(ぴ) pu(ぷ) pe(ぺ) po(ぽ) pya(ぴゃ) pyu(ぴゅ) pyo(ぴょ)


  • Avoiding confusions
信金(しんきん)→ Shinkin
信用(しんよう)→ Shin'yo
ディー → di
ファ  → fa
  • Lengthened vowels

Although a diacritic (Macron) is used for lengthened vowels in Hepburn romanization system (e.g., ā (あー), ē (えー), ī(いー), ō(おー), ū(うー)), Shashi wiki omits the macrons for the convenience of searching.

  • Double vowels

Some Japanese names use double/same vowels (e.g., 大阪(おおさか)), and usually a macron is used (Ōsaka) rather than writing two vowels (Oosaka*). Macrons are, however, omitted in Shashi Wiki (Osaka).

Sokuon (促音, See Moraic obstruent)is written as "っ", not the larger "つ" (tsu), and written by doubling the following consonant. (e.g., 鉄鋼(てっこう)→ tekko; 学校(がっこう)→ gakko)