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Military Japanese
| Katakana | Hiragana
| |||||||||
| wa わ |
i ゐ |
u う |
e ゑ |
(w)o を |
wa ワ |
i ヰ |
u ウ |
e エ |
(w)o ヲ | |
| (n) ん |
(n) ン | |||||||||
| ga が |
gi ぎ |
gu ぐ |
ge げ |
go ご |
ga ガ |
gi ギ |
gu グ |
ge ゲ |
go ゴ | |
| za ざ |
ji じ |
zu ず |
ze ぜ |
zo ぞ |
za ザ |
ji ジ |
zu ズ |
ze ゼ |
zo ゾ | |
| da だ |
ji ぢ |
zu づ |
de で |
do ど |
da ダ |
ji ヂ |
zu ヅ |
de デ |
do ド | |
| ba ば |
bi び |
bu ぶ |
be べ |
bo ぼ |
ba バ |
bi ビ |
bu ブ |
be ベ |
bo ボ | |
| pa ぱ |
pi ぴ |
pu ぷ |
pe ぺ |
po ぽ |
pa パ |
pi ピ |
pu プ |
pe ペ |
po ポ | |
Often a letter itself is a word: (と) = to = and.
Many words are combination of letters: (はい) = hai = yes.
Japanese Romanization
There are at present three schools of romanizing the Japanese language: the Hepburn System, the Japan System, and the recent Investigation Commission System. It is to be emphasized that these are but three methods of representing the same pronunciation. The Hepburn System is used in this manual.
