Hepburn romanization

Hepburn romanization (Japanese: ヘボン式ローマ字code: ja is deprecated , Hepburn: Hebon-shiki Rōmaji, 'Hepburn-type Roman letters') is a system of Japanese romanization. It uses the Latin alphabet. Many people from countries other than Japan use Hepburn romanization to help learn how to spell Japanese in the Latin alphabet.^[1]

Hepburn Romanization Media

Table showing kana representations and Hepburn romanizations of sounds in the Japanese language. The romaji for katakana is italicized.
James Curtis Hepburn, creator of the system
Former Japan National Railways–style board of Toyooka Station. For the two adjacent stations, "GEMBUDŌ" follows the Hepburn romanization system, but "KOKUHU" follows both the Nihon-shiki and Kunrei-shiki systems.

References

↑ Backhaus, Peter. To shine or to die: the messy world of romanized Japanese. The Japan Times (29 December 2014). Retrieved 21 June 2019.

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[1] Backhaus, Peter. To shine or to die: the messy world of romanized Japanese. The Japan Times (29 December 2014). Retrieved 21 June 2019.

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