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About Rmaji

Introduction of Rmaji and lists of the Rmaji spelling for Japanese alphabets.

About Rmaji | Rmaji Spelling | How to Read Rmaji

Rmaji

Rmaji was developed to describe the sound of Japanese in Roman alphabet.

Rmaji is mainly used for the convenience of foreigners who are not familiar with Japanese characters.

For example, name of the train station is written in Rmaji along with Japanese characters.

In general, Rmaji is used alone, not mixed with other Japanese characters.

There are different ways of spelling. The Hepburn Romanization is the most commonly used system.

Rmaji Spelling

The following tables show the Rmaji spelling of Kana letters (Hiragana and Katakana).

Irregular spellings are colored in red.

Go jon

acolumn

icolumn

ucolumn

ecolumn

ocolumn

arow

a i u e o

karow

/ / / / /

ka ki ku ke ko

sarow

/ / / / /

sa shi su se so

tarow

/ / / / /

ta chi tsu te to

narow

/ / / / /

na ni nu ne no

harow

/ / / / /

ha hi fu he ho

marow

/ / / / /

ma mi mu me mo

yarow

/ ( / ) / ( / ) /

ya (i) yu (e) yo

rarow

/ / / / /

ra ri ru re ro

warow

/ ( / ) ( / ) ( / ) /

wa (i) (u) (e) o

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Dakuon

acolumn

icolumn

ucolumn

ecolumn

ocolumn

garow

/ / / / /

ga gi gu ge go

zarow

/ / / / /

za ji zu ze zo

darow

/ / / / /

da ji zu de do

barow

/ / / / /

ba bi bu be bo

Handakuon

acolumn

icolumn

ucolumn

ecolumn

ocolumn

parow

/ / / / /

pa pi pu pe po

Yon

/ / /

kya kyu kyo

/ / /

sha shu sho

/ / /

cha chu cho

/ / /

nya nyu nyo

/ / /

hya hyu hyo

/ / /

mya myu myo

/ / /

rya ryu ryo

/ / /

gya gyu gyo

/ / /

ja ju jo

/ / /

ja ju jo

/ / /

bya byu byo

/ / /

pya pyu pyo

Sokuon

/

Make the first letter of the following consonant double.

Examples: sakki, kippu, beddo, rokku

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long a long i long u long e long o

ii or ei

How to Read Rmaji

Basically, you can read Rmaji as you usually read English texts. But the pronunciation of Japanese

syllables is not exactly the same as English.

To master the correct pronunciation, try to imitate the pronunciation of native Japanese speakers .

Basic Rules

Each syllable (each Hiragana and Katakana letter) is pronounced for the same length. For

example, when you say the word [aka] in 1 second, it takes 0.5 second for [a] and another 0.5 second for

[ka]. You don't have to be this precise, but it is important to keep it mind.

Letters with a bar on top - , , and are long vowels and the length should be double of the standard

vowels.

[f] sound: Create the sound with pursed lips (like whistling).

[r] sound: Tip of your tongue is rolled back for English [r], and is placed behind the upper teeth for English

[l]. For Japanese [r], the position is between these two. The sound is more closer to English [l].

[n] sound: It is considered to be one syllable, and the length should be the same as other syllables.

You can learn and practice the pronunciation at Hiragana Master Drill.

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