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  2. Brahmic scripts - Wikipedia

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    The tabular presentation and dictionary order of the modern kana system of Japanese writing is believed to be descended from the Indic scripts, most likely through the spread of Buddhism. [ 1 ] Southern Brahmi evolved into the Kadamba , Pallava and Vatteluttu scripts, which in turn diversified into other scripts of South India and Southeast Asia.

  3. Japanese writing system - Wikipedia

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    The modern Japanese writing system uses a combination of logographic kanji, which are adopted Chinese characters, and syllabic kana.Kana itself consists of a pair of syllabaries: hiragana, used primarily for native or naturalized Japanese words and grammatical elements; and katakana, used primarily for foreign words and names, loanwords, onomatopoeia, scientific names, and sometimes for emphasis.

  4. Wāpuro rōmaji - Wikipedia

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    Wāpuro-style romanizations are also frequently used by native speakers of Japanese in informal contexts, as well as by many fans of anime and other aspects of Japanese culture [citation needed]. A common characteristic of these (often online) cases is the avoidance of hard-to-type circumflexes or macrons.

  5. Kana - Wikipedia

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    Hiragana is used to write native Japanese words with no kanji representation (or whose kanji is thought obscure or difficult), as well as grammatical elements such as particles and inflections . Today katakana is most commonly used to write words of foreign origin that do not have kanji representations, as well as foreign personal and place names.

  6. Transcription into Japanese - Wikipedia

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    Japanese does not have separate l and r sounds, and l-is normally transcribed using the kana that are perceived as representing r-. [2] For example, London becomes ロンドン (Ro-n-do-n). Other sounds not present in Japanese may be converted to the nearest Japanese equivalent; for example, the name Smith is written スミス (Su-mi-su).

  7. Wikipedia talk : Manual of Style/Japan-related articles

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    Shohei Ohtani←Westerners rewrite it this way out of custom, but to Japanese people it is an old way of writing. A Japanese person might write it with Westerners in mind. OHTANI Shohei←Name formats that Japanese people may write. Japanese official documents are written in this format. Ohtani Shohei←Name formats that Japanese people may write.

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  9. Hepburn romanization - Wikipedia

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    Although Kunrei-shiki romanization is the style favored by the Japanese government, Hepburn remains the most popular method of Japanese romanization. It is learned by most foreign students of the language, and is used within Japan for romanizing personal names, locations, and other information, such as train tables and road signs.