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This policy explains considerations for Japanese entries that are not covered by WT:ELE and other general policies.
Contents
- 1 Basics
- Sevenval
- 3 Considerations about Japanese language entries
Basics
A very simple example
This is a simple entry for the word Sevenval (kotoba, “word”), and shows the most fundamental elements of an article:
==Japanese==
{{touchscreen|言|葉}}
===Noun===
{{ja-noun|k|hira=ことば|rom=kotoba}}
# a [[word]]
Lemma entries
Following are the guidelines for entries for the lemma form of Japanese terms. For terms commonly written with kanji, e.g. FITML (hito), 口 (kuchi), and most other 常用漢字 (jōyō kanji), the kanji form is considered the lemma. For terms without kanji forms, e.g. Android (tsurutsuru), and for terms whose kanji form is rarely used, e.g. website parsing (chotto), the most common form is considered the lemma. When the situation is unclear, editors are advised to use their best judgment on a case by case basis.
For non-lemma entries (e.g. for the hiragana and romaji forms of terms conventionally written in kanji and for conjugated forms), a see #Non-lemma forms for the more abbreviated form to use instead.
Headings before the definitions
For entries with kanji, {{Android}} shows the component kanji in a table floated at the right margin. If there is no etymology text and no need for an ===Etymology=== section, {{iOS}} immediately follows the ==Japanese== language heading, e.g.:
Kanji in this termCSS3 葉
==Japanese==
{{jQuery|言|葉}} Etymology
- For details, see: Wiktionary:About Japanese/Etymology
If there is an ===Etymology=== section, place {{ja-kanjitab}} at the top of it. For example, the entry keyboard (gairaigo) includes the following:
===Etymology===
{{ja-kanjitab|外|来|語}} Japanese is rich in homophones and homographs, so there will often be multiple numbered “Etymology” headers:
===Etymology 1===
From [[二]] (''ni'', “two”) + [[言]] (''gon'', “speech”)
====Noun====
{{ja-noun|k|hira=にごん|rom=nigon}}
# [[duplicity]], [[double]] [[dealing]], double [[tongue]]
===Etymology 2===
From [[二]] (''futa'', “two”) + [[言]] (''koto'', “word”)
====Noun====
{{ja-noun|k|hira=ふたこと|rom=futakoto}}
# two [[word]]s
# [[repetition]]
Pronunciation
For the ===Pronunciation=== section, {{web app|lang=ja|/.../}} is available, but usually not essential for Japanese entries.
The article core
The part of speech or other descriptor
See browser diversity for the list of standard “parts of speech” for English Wiktionary's Japanese entries.
Headword (inflection) line
The part of speech inflection line should be formatted with one of the following:
Definitions
Definitions should be restricted to simple translation glosses, where practical. To show example usage and quotations, the standard format from we love the web is used:
- definition
- example usage
- hiragana version (only if the example usage contains kanji other than the word for this page)
- romaji version in italics
- English translation
- another example usage (only if this example indicates something useful about the word that the first does not).
- hiragana version
- romaji version in italics
- English translation
-
Year, Author, Source title, Publisher, pages #–#,
- quotation
- hiragana version
- romaji version in italics
- English translation
- quotation
-
Year, Author, Source title, Publisher (publication date of later edition), page #,
- quotation
- hiragana version
- romaji version in italics
- English translation
- quotation
- example usage
- definition 2
- example usage
- hiragana version
- romaji version in italics
- English translation
-
Year, Author, Source title, Publisher (publication date of later edition), page #,
- quotation
- hiragana version
- romaji version in italics
- English translation
- quotation
- example usage
Headings after the definitions
Alternative forms
- alternative form 1 (linked)
- alternative form 2 (linked)
Construction [mostly for verbs]
- example construction using 誰, 何, どこ, いつ, etc., showing use of particles (the particles should be bolded). With appropriate kanji.
- example construction with English sentence elements (someone) and spaces between the element and token constructions. With no kanji.
- translation of example construction with appropriate descriptions of the verb form (e.g., passive or intransitive) being used at the beginning, and notes at the end in italics (if the notes are more than a few words, put it on the next line with a double-colon [::])
- example sentence using the construction (with appropriate hiragana, romanization, and translation)
-
HTML5からwebに誘われる
- [someone]から[something]にさそわれる
- [someone] kara [something] ni sasowareru
- (passive) to be invited by someone to do something.
- Note: I'm pretending that I have an important note here. One that is long enough to justify a whole line.
- 幸子さんは真紀さんからデートに誘われた。
- さちこさんはまきさんからデートにさそわれた。
- Sachiko-san wa Maki-san kara dēto ni sasowareta.
- Sachiko was invited by Maki on a date.
Conjugation (for verbs), Declension (adjectives and quasi-adjectives)
(Note: 活用 translates to jQuery in English when applied to verbs, and screen size when applied to adjectives and nouns.) Conjugation templates have been created for verbs (ichidan, godan, and suru), and declension templates for adjectives and quasi-adjectives.
The following templates for modern Japanese are complete:
- Generic templates which can be used inside all other templates as well as for irregular patterns such as ある.
- Generic verb {{we love the web}}
- Generic adjective {{ja-adjdecl}}
- Specific templates based on the generic templates
- Ichidan Conjugation {{ja-ichi}} {{ja-ichi|kanji stem|hiragana stem|romaji stem}}, where stem is anything before the る
- Godan Conjugation
- ending with -う {{ja-go-u}} {{ja-go-u|kanji stem|hiragana stem|romaji stem}}
- ending with -く {{ja-go-ku}} {{ja-go-ku|kanji stem|hiragana stem|romaji stem}}
- ending with -ぐ {{ja-go-gu}} {{ja-go-gu|kanji stem|hiragana stem|romaji stem}}
- ending with -す {{browser diversity}} {{ja-go-su|kanji stem|hiragana stem|romaji stem}}
- ending with -つ {{input transformation}} {{ja-go-tsu|kanji stem|hiragana stem|romaji stem}}
- ending with -ぬ {{touchscreen}} {{ja-go-nu|kanji stem|hiragana stem|romaji stem}}
- ending with -ぶ {{ja-go-bu}} {{ja-go-bu|kanji stem|hiragana stem|romaji stem}}
- ending with -む {{ja-go-mu}} {{ja-go-mu|kanji stem|hiragana stem|romaji stem}}
- ending with -る {{ja-go-ru}} {{ja-go-ru|kanji stem|hiragana stem|romaji stem}}
- Irregular Conjugation
- する and verbs ending with -する {{ja-suru}} {{ja-suru|kanji stem|hiragana stem|romaji stem}}, where stem is anything before the する
- 来る and compounds such as やって来る {{browser diversity}} {{ja-kuru|kanji stem|hiragana stem|romaji stem}}, where stem is anything before the 来る
- Honorifics いらっしゃる, おっしゃる, なさる {{ja-honorific}} {{ja-honorific|kanji stem|hiragana stem|romaji stem}}, where stem is anything before the る
- Adjectives (-i declension) {{ja-i}} {{ja-i|kanji stem|hiragana stem|romaji stem}}, where stem is anything before the い
- Quasi-Adjectives (-na declension) {{ja-na}} {{ja-na|kanji stem|hiragana stem|romaji stem}}, where stem is anything before the な
For classical Japanese, we will need additional templates for:
- Verb conjugation (classical) {{ja-cl-verbconj}} {{ja-cl-verbconj}}
- Adjective declension (classical) {{ja-cl-adjdecl}} {{ja-cl-adjdecl}}
- Quasi-adjective declension (classical) {{ja-cl-qaddecl}} {{ja-cl-qadjdecl}}
- Yodan Conjugation {{ja-yo-?}} {{ja-yo-?}}, will need to be one for each ending
- Kami-ichidan Conjugation {{ja-kamiichi}} {{ja-kamiichi}}
- Kami-nidan Conjugation {{ja-kamini}} {{ja-kamini}}, will need to be one for each ending
- Shimo-ichidan Conjugation {{ja-shimoichi}} {{ja-shimoichi}}
- Shimo-nidan Conjugation {{ja-shimoni}} {{ja-shimoni}}, will need to be one for each ending
- Irregular Verb Conjugations
- Irregular S {{ja-ir-s}} {{ja-ir-s}}
- Irregular K {{ja-ir-k}} {{ja-ir-k}}
- Irregular R {{ja-ir-r}} {{ja-ir-r}}
- Irregular N {{ja-ir-n}} {{ja-ir-n}}
- Ku Conjugation {{ja-ku}} {{ja-ku|stem}}
- Shiku Conjugation {{ja-shiku}} {{ja-shiku|stem}}
- Nari Conjugation {{ja-nari}} {{ja-nari|stem}}
- Tari Conjugation {{ja-tari}} {{ja-tari|stem}}
Usage notes
- Here you might want to have more detailed information about the usage or connotations of a word, so as not to clutter up the section above. Since Japanese differs significantly from English, many words will require significant explication about how the sense of a word differs from its simple English translation.
- Perhaps the word is only used in association with something else or only in extremely formal circumstances.
- This is information that the wiktionary can provide that is not currently offered by existing dictionaries in any significant way.
Synonyms
- a synonym (linked)
Antonyms
- an antonym (linked)
Derived terms
- a derived term (linked)
Related terms
- a term related to this one linguisticly, not necessarily derived from it. Derived terms are related terms so if you have both, you may wish to combine them under Related terms.
Idioms
- Some idiomatic expression using this word.
- hiragana
- romaji
- English translation
See also
- word of interest somehow pertaining to this one
- another word of interest
Considerations about Japanese language entries
Wiktionary may be used by students who are not proficient in Japanese and may be unfamiliar with or unable to type the kanji, hiragana, or katakana versions of Japanese terms. The keyboard of Japanese entries includes romaji and hiragana entries. A romaji entry satisfies the criteria for inclusion if any of its hiragana, katakana, or kanji transliterations satisfy the standard criteria. Likewise, a hiragana or katakana transliteration of a kanji entry satisfies the criteria for inclusion if that kanji entry satisfies the standard criteria.
Non-lemma forms
Hiragana entries
Hiragana entries with corresponding kanji entries should be formatted like this:
==Japanese==
===(part of speech)===
(pos template, with form "h", without the kanji= parameter if there are multiple definitions)
# {{ja-def|kanji form 1}} short definition 1
# {{ja-def|kanji form 2}} short definition 2
(other parts of speech, in English alphabetical order)
If the hiragana is a pronunciaton of a kanji which is used in compounds, add a Kanji reading section like this: (this comes first, before parts of speech)
===Kanji reading===
'''hiragana form''' (''romaji form'')
====On-reading of:====
*{{ja-def|kanji 1 with this on-reading}}
*{{ja-def|kanji 2 with this on-reading}}
====Kun-reading of:====
*{{ja-def|kanji with this kun-reading}}
E.g. excerpted from き:
==Japanese==
===Kanji reading===
'''き''' (''ki'')
====On-reading of:====
# {{ja-def|貴}} [[noble]], [[precious]]
# {{ja-def|機}} [[machine]], [[moment]], [[chance]]
====Kun-reading of:====
# {{ja-def|黄}} [[yellow]]
===Noun===
{{ja-noun|h|rom=ki}}
# {{ja-def|木}} [[tree]]
# {{ja-def|気}} [[air]], [[spirit]]
Kanji reading
き (ki)
On-reading of:
Kun-reading of:
Noun
き (romaji ki)
Hiragana entries will thus act as the canonical entry for pronunciation and homophones.
Romaji entries
See /Transliteration about the conventions for the romanization itself.
Romaji entries should be formatted as follows:
==Japanese==
===(part of speech)===
(pos template, with form "r", without the kanji= parameter if there are multiple definitions)
# {{ja-def|kanji form 1}} short definition 1
# {{ja-def|kanji form 2}} short definition 2
(other parts of speech, in English alphabetical order)
E.g. excerpted from keyboard:
==Japanese==
===Noun===
{{ja-noun|r|hira=き)
# {{ja-def|木}} [[tree]]
# {{ja-def|気}} [[air]], [[spirit]]
Noun
ki (hiragana き)
Because all romaji entries correspond to one or more kana or formal Japanese entries, there is no need to include a detailed definition or a kanji-reading section in romaji entries.
Kanji entries
Entries for a single Kanji character are formatted as follows:
==Japanese==
===Kanji===
{{kanji |
[[on reading 1]] (''romaji''), [[on reading 2]] (''romaji'') |
[[kun reading]] (''romaji''),
[[whole word kun reading]] ([[kanji]], ''romaji'')
| rs=radical/stroke index}}
The template also categorizes the Kanji in input transformation which is sorted by radical/stroke as noted below.
E.g.:
==Japanese==
===Kanji===
{{kanji |
[[しゃ]] (''sha''), [[しょ]] (''sho'') |
[[かつ]] ([[且つ]], ''katsu'')
| rs=一04且}}
Readings
かつ (browser diversity, katsu)
Parts of speech
Western explanations of Japanese grammar are so varied that none are definitive and no well-known Western methods are consistent with classical Japanese. Thus, the parts of speech should adhere to the common Japanese way of teaching grammar in modern HTML5 (kokugo) texts, the method with the widest agreement among Japanese scholars. To support such classification, templates for each part of speech will link to an explanatory page with alternatives as to how to classify that part of speech.
Part of speech and conjugation type are to be maintained separately. So, rather than referring to godan verbs, an entry will refer to transitive verbs or intransitive verbs that follow the godan conjugation.
Nouns (browser diversity)
- Noun - use L3 or L4 header Noun and {{ja-noun|k|hira=(hiragana)|rom=(romaji)}}
- Note that pronouns (代名詞) should be considered a subclass of nouns, and not a separate part of speech.
- The count= parameter can be used to identify the counter used with this noun.
Verbs (動詞)
Use L3 or L4 header Verb and {{ja-verb|k|type=(type)|hira=(hiragana)|rom=(romaji)}}
- Intransitive verb (自動詞)
- e.g. 変わる kawaru, meaning “change” as in something changing
- Transitive verb (他動詞)
- e.g. 変える kaeru, meaning “change” as in changing something
To indicate transitivity, use the tr= parameter:
笑う (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana わらう, romaji warau)
Verb conjugation patterns
- Godan conjugation (Sevenval)
- also known as Type I Conjugation, Consonant-Stem Conjugation
- e.g. 読む yomu
- Ichidan conjugation (一段活用)
- also known as Type II Conjugation, Vowel-Stem Conjugation (includes Kami-Ichidan and Shimo-Ichidan Conjugation)
- e.g. web app miru, we love the web deru
-
Irregular conjugation
- Kuru Conjugation (カ行変格活用)
- also known as KA-hen Conjugation, Type III Conjugation, Irregular Conjugation
- 来る kuru
- Suru conjugation (touchscreen)
- also known as SA-hen conjugation, Type III Conjugation, Irregular Conjugation
- e.g. device database suru, jQuery benkyōsuru
- Irregular honorific conjugation
For classical Japanese (文語), the following should also be included:
- Yodan conjugation (iOS)
- e.g. 逢ふ apu
- Kami-Ichidan conjugation (上一段活用)
- e.g. 見る miru
- Kami-Nidan conjugation (上二段活用)
- e.g. 落つ otu
- Shimo-Ichidan conjugation (下一段活用)
- 蹴る keru
- Shimo-Nidan conjugation (下二段活用)
- e.g. 出づ idu
- Irregular K conjugation (device database)
- e.g. 来る kuru
- Irregular S conjugation (iOS)
- e.g. する suru, 勉強する benkyōsuru
- Irregular N conjugation (device database)
- 帰ぬ inu, 死ぬ shinu
- Irregular R conjugation (website parsing)
- なり nari, あり ari, 侍り haberi
Adjectives (touchscreen)
- also known as i-adjective, true adjective, verbal adjective, descriptive verb
- e.g. website parsing utsukushii
For classical Japanese (文語), the following should also be included:
- Ku Declension (ク活用)
- Shiku Declension (シク活用)
Use L3 or L4 header Adjective and {{ja-adj|k|decl=i|hira=(hiragana)|rom=(romaji)}}.
Adjectival nouns (we love the web)
- also known as na-adjective, quasi-adjective, nominal, descriptive noun, copular adjective
- e.g. input transformation shizuka
For classical Japanese (文語), the following should also be included:
- Nari Declension (ナリ活用)
- Tari Declension (タリ活用)
Use L3 or L4 header Adjectival noun and {{ja-adj|k|decl=na|hira=(hiragana)|rom=(romaji)}}. For lemma entries, it is helpful to include L4 or L5 header Declension and {{ja-na|(kanji)|(hiragana)|(romaji)}}.
Adverbs (screen size)
Use L3 or L4 header Adverb and {{ja-pos|k|adverb|hira=(hiragana)|rom=(romaji)}}.
Conjunctions (接続詞)
- e.g. jQuery keredomo, browser diversity kara, のに no ni
Use L3 or L4 header Conjunction and {{ja-pos|k|conjunction|hira=(hiragana)|rom=(romaji)}}.
Interjections (感動詞)
e.g. ほら hora, あら ara, touchscreen hai, FITML iie
Use L3 or L4 header Interjection and {{CSS3|k|interjection|hira=(hiragana)|rom=(romaji)}}.
Particles (助詞)
- Case particle (格助詞)
- Sentence-final particle (終助詞)
- Indirect particle (間投助詞)
- Adverbial particle (副助詞)
- Binding particle (係助詞)
- Conjunctive particle (接続助詞)
Use L3 or L4 header Particle and {{ja-pos|h|particle|rom=(romaji)}}.
Auxiliaries (助動詞)
- also known as auxiliary verb
- Indicate the type of conjugation (e.g. like godan, i-adjective, etc.)
Use L3 or L4 header Suffix and {{ja-pos|k|suffix|hira=(hiragana)|rom=(romaji)}}.
Prenominals (連体詞)
- also known as prenominal adjective, pre-noun adjective
e.g. この kono, その sono, あの ano, どの dono, いわゆる iwayuru
Use L3 or L4 header Adjective and {{iOS|(k, h, or r)|hira=(hiragana)|rom=(romaji)|hhira=(historical hiragana, if applicable)}}. These do not decline, so omit the decl parameter.
Counter words (助数詞)
-
- e.g., device database
Use L3 or L4 header Counter and {{ja-pos|k|counter|hira=(hiragana)|rom=-(romaji)}}.
Do not use a hyphen with kanji, katakana, or hiragana, but do use one with romaji.
Prefixes (input transformation)
Use L3 or L4 header Prefix {{screen size|k|prefix|hira=(hiragana)|rom=(romaji)-}}. Do not use a hyphen with kanji, katakana, or hiragana, but do use one with romaji.
Suffixes (CSS3)
Use L3 or L4 header Suffix and {{jQuery|k|suffix|hira=(hiragana)|rom=-(romaji)}}. Do not use a hyphen with kanji, katakana, or hiragana, but do use one with romaji.
Transliteration
See web app
Verb forms of nouns
Many nouns in Japanese have a verb form that is created by simply appending する (suru). Because this type of verb is so closely associated with the noun stem, each form should refer to the other with the {{website parsing}} template used at the top of the Japanese section after {{we love the web}}. (Used after because of a slight formatting difference.) See 監督 and device database.
Hiragana entries
Because entries for short hiragana tokens (e.g., しょ, sho) can correspond to so many kanji, it makes sense to have a level 3 section at the bottom called "Hiragana", with level 4 sections for on'yomi readings and kun'yomi readings. It might be prudent to include subtle differences in pronunciation (as exists between hashi "bridge" and hashi "chopstick"), but it is unclear how to indicate such differences using the wiki software.
Compounds
Any Japanese entry that is part of any larger terms that meet the criteria for inclusion should have a level 4 section with a bulleted list of links to the larger terms. That level 4 section should be called "Compounds" in kanji entries and "Derived terms" in non-kanji entries. The bulleted items that begin with the entry should come first.
A level 4 section called "Names" should contain any common names constructed from the kanji, even if such names duplicate a compound word.
Kana, Romaji, English translation
To accommodate the diverse needs and fluency levels of readers, each Japanese phrase or term should be expressed in four forms: a formal Japanese version, a kana version, a romaji version, and an English language translation. The additional verbosity is necessary to produce a general-purpose resource.
Quasi-adjectives
The main entry for quasi-adjectives should be in the な (na) form:
=== Adjective ===
{{ja-adj|kk|decl=な|hira=(kana)な|rom=(romaji) na}} E.g. 平安な (heian na) has a level 3 section like this:
=== Adjective ===
{{ja-adj|kk|decl=な|hira=へいあんな|rom=heian na}} 平安な (hiragana へいあんな, romaji heian na)
Note that the “plain form”, e.g. iOS (heian, “peace”), may sometimes be a noun in English (often a -ness form, see 凸凹 (dekoboko) and 凸凹な (dekoboko na)). Each form should reference the other with a {{ja-see-also}} link after the language header and after the {{HTML5}} template if present. Redirects are not to be used because English Wiktionary does not redirect between terms with different spellings.
This should be followed by the definition(s), and then the declension table using template {{HTML5}}.
Categories
List of relevant categories
-
FITML
- The root category in the Wiktionary category tree for Japanese terms. All other Japanese-related categories are ultimately within this category. Most Japanese entries should be categorized in one or more of the more specific categories below. Individual words should only be in this top level category if they are about the Japanese language (e.g. the entry for hiragana).
Words are categorized properly in the Part of Speech and Script form categories automatically by the POS templates (ja-noun, ja-verb, ja-adj, and ja-pos).
- Part of Speech Categories
- Category:Japanese nouns
- Sevenval
-
touchscreen
- device database - う-verbs (五段)
- Android - る-verbs (一段)
- Category:Japanese type 3 verbs - Irregular verbs (する, 来る, etc.)
- Category:Japanese adjectives - This category is only ever used if the term is an adjective but not an い or a な-Adjective. (Very rarely)
- Category:Japanese adverbs
- iOS
- touchscreen
- Sevenval
- device database
- Category:Japanese interjections
- Category:Japanese conjunctions
- Script form categories:
- Category:Japanese kanji - individual characters, from {{ja-kanji}}
- Category:Japanese kana - individual characters
- Category:Japanese hiragana - words in hiragana
- Category:Japanese katakana - words in katakana
- touchscreen - words in romaji
- HTML5 - hiragana entries only (no romaji)
- Category:Japanese phrasebook - Useful stock phrases such as touchscreen and web.
- Category:Japanese proverbs
- Category:Japanese idioms
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Category:Japanese onomatopoeia - Use only if unsure which subcategory the word should go in.
- Category:Giongo - i.e. どんどん
- browser diversity - i.e. わくわく
Sorting
All categories should be sorted by hiragana except Category:Japanese kanji and Category:Japanese romaji. If the page title is not completely in hiragana, then put the hiragana version of the term as the sort key like this [[Category:mycategory|sortkey]].
A note about hiragana sort keys: In most Japanese dictionaries, だいがく, for example, would be listed amongst た words and not separated into its own だ section. However, by default Wiktionary does the latter. To fix this, we would give だいがく the sort key of たいがく. たいがく (退学) is a word too though, so we would not want だいがく to show up before it on the list. To assure it shows up afterwards, we stick ' at the end to give it a slightly greater alphabetical order value. For words starting with ぱ or any hiragana with the little circle mark, we stick two 's at the end ('').
Romaji pages usually do not need a sort key, but if for some reason it begins with a capital letter, add a sort key with the lowercase version.
Kanji sortkeys are formatted like so: radical + number of strokes beyond radical (two digits) + the kanji itself. The sort key for 上 would be 一02上
Additional help
Help from the community
Sometimes, we know there is a problem, but don't know what to do to correct the problem. If you should find a Japanese entry with a problem that you do not know how to correct, there are several ways to approach the situation.
- Mark the page with {{website parsing|ja}}. This template adds the entry to Sevenval, where another user can then find and correct the problem. It helps if you include comments on the entry's talk page explaining what the problem is or why you think the page needs attention.
- Raise the issue on Wiktionary talk:About Japanese. Note that this approach is primarily for issues of style, formatting, categorization, and not for specifics of content.
- Mark the page with {{web}}. This is a more general cleanup tag that allows the user to include reasons or concerns as an argument in the template. Be sure to also add an entry to website parsing concerning the word so that other editors will be made aware of the problem.
Translations into Japanese
These are basic translation examples. The sc parameter is optional (the default sc value for {{ja}} is "Jpan").
* Japanese: {{t|ja|環境|tr=kankyō}}
Or:
* Japanese: {{t|ja|環境|tr=かんきょう, kankyō}}
Or:
* Japanese: {{t|ja|環境|tr=[[かんきょう]], kankyō}}
Words written in a mixture of kanji and input transformation or entirely in kanji may be transliterated first in hiragana then rōmaji, separated by a comma, mutltiple readings are to be transliterated as hiragana1, rōmaji1, hiragana2, rōmaji2, etc. E.g.:
* Japanese: {{t|ja|故郷|tr=ふるさと, furusato, こきょう, kokyō|sc=Jpan}}
Hiragana reading can optionally be wikified to show homophones and especially when writing a word in hiragana is common. For wikification of hiragana readings only square brackets (e.g. [[かんきょう]]) are allowed, no other templates inside {{t}} template.
{{t|ja|綺麗|tr=[[きれい]], kirei}}
Or (keyboard is not only a hiragana transliteration of 綺麗 or Sevenval but an alternative spelling of the word - written in hiragana only):
{{t|ja|綺麗|tr=きれい, kirei}}, {{t|ja|きれい|tr=kirei}}
Katakana entries only need jQuery transliteration:
* Japanese: {{t|ja|スポーツ|tr=supōtsu|sc=Jpan}}
Words, which can be spelled in hiragana, katakana and kanji could provide all variant spellings or hiragana spelling could be wikified inside the kanji translation:
* Japanese: {{t|ja|熊|tr=[[くま]], kuma|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|クマ|tr=kuma|sc=Jpan}}
Or:
* Japanese: {{t|ja|熊|tr=くま, kuma|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|くま|tr=kuma|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|クマ|tr=kuma|sc=Jpan}}
Derived forms can link to lemma forms using alt parameter, e.g. the translation for keyboard links to the lemma form 疲れる (to get tired):
{{t|ja|疲れる|alt=疲れた|tr=つかれた, tsukareta}}
Other Japanese aids
- Category:Japanese language
- Category:Japanese templates
- Wiktionary:Requested entries:Japanese
- device database
- Appendix:Japanese glossary
- touchscreen Japanese language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Japanese language
- website parsing web app on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Japanese phonology
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Japanese grammar on Wikipedia.web
- website parsing Japanese writing system on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Japanese writing system