Sekaipedia:Romanization

This is a standardization of romaji in this wiki. If you unsure about romanization, feel free to start a discussion in the Discord server and go to #wiki-discussion channel.

Long vowels

Long vowels should reflects how text is entered into a Japanese word. Example:

Vowel	Example	Written as
a + a	おかあさん	okaa-san
i + i	おいしい	oishii
u + u	かいじゅう	kaijuu
e + e	おねえさん	onee-san
o + o	おおきい	ookii
o + u	ちょう	chou

※ This also applies for katakana that is followed by a chouonpu (ー).

Vowel	Example	Written as
a + a	サイバー	saibaa
i + i	ビート	biito
u + u	クール	kuuru
e + e	ケーキ	keeki
o + o	オープニング	oopuningu

Exceptions

Some exceptions are for person's name or place's name. Example:

• 東京 written as Tokyo
• 鳳えむ written as Otori Emu
• 青柳冬弥 written as Aoyagi Toya
• etc.

Particles

• When は is used as a particle, it is written as wa.

きみは誰？ written as kimi wa dare?.

• When へ is used as a particle, it is written as e.

レストランへようこそ written as restauran e youkoso.

• When を is used as a particle, it is written as o.

君を忘れない written as kimi o wasurenai.

Punctuation

Symbol in JP	Romanization
？	?
！	!
。	.
、	,
・	(space)
……	...
「...」	"..."
【...】	[...]

Symbols like ☆, ♥, ♪, etc. should be written and separated with space.

Title

Title should be capitalize except some particles.

Honorifics

Honorifics followed by name should be seperated with hyphen (-) symbol. Example:

• Toya-kun
• Emu-chan
• Tenma-san

Useful links

• Basic romanization