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There are at least 3 transliteration systems for Japanese. Writing foreign languages with 26 Latin letters usually loses some nuance and shows some bias towards
by thrwyoilarticle 6y ago
There are at least 3 transliteration systems for Japanese. Writing foreign languages with 26 Latin letters usually loses some nuance and shows some bias towards the pronunciation of the authors' native language.
- Delk 6y agoIt has also become a loan word in English, so there's at least a de facto convention of how it is spelled with latin characters in English text. It's not written in kanji when used in English.
- thrwyoilarticle 6y agoA loan word with two different spellings!
- lainga 6y agoRecant! Ezra Pound showed you the way, but you would not listen!