Not very different from hiding the 'u' in romanization. Tokyo and Toukyou are not equivalent, but are treated as such. とうきょう 「漢字：東京」 is the capital. 「ときょ」is gi

Not very different from hiding the 'u' in romanization. Tokyo and Toukyou are not equivalent, but are treated as such. とうきょう 「漢字：東京」 is the capital. 「ときょ」is gibberish and doesn't exist.