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Although many editors are not familiar with Japanese characters, specific Japanese words are often of interest in articles. In these cases, it is usually appropriate to provide a [[wikipedia:Romanization|romanization]] of that word – in other words, to write it using the Latin Alphabet. Romanizations are also known as "rōmaji" or "romaji". Generally, romanizations are only appropriate for names, singular words or short phrases of interest, whereas translations are preferable for long passages.

===General Rules===
*Romanizations should be italicized.
*Romanizations should be lowercase, except for titles ([[#Capitalization|see below]]). Particles should always be lowercase.
*Do not romanize [[wikipedia:Katakana|katakana]] in all caps.
*In addition to romanization, [[wikipedia:Kanji|kanji]] can be phonetically rendered using <code><nowiki><span class=explain title="HIRAGANA">KANJI</span></nowiki></code> (insert the kanji and [[wikipedia:Hiragana|hiragana]] where indicated; do not use katakana for this purpose). This appears as: <span class=explain title="HIRAGANA">KANJI</span> (or, in practice, <span class=explain title="かんじ">漢字</span>, ''kanji'').
*Subtitles are separated from the main title with a colon (:).
*Do not italicize Japanese script to indicate titles, and instead of quotation marks, use 「 and　」.
*When in doubt, ask for input from [[:Category:User ja|users with knowledge of Japanese]], either directly, on an article talk page or by posting on [[ForumBoard:57|the forum]].

===Kana===
For the most part, [[wikipedia:Hepburn romanization|Hepburn romanization]] is used on this wiki, so the [[wikipedia:Kana|kana]] should be romanized according to the following table, which is based on the traditional [[wikipedia:Gojūon|Gojūon]] ordering, but also includes extended katakana often seen in names that originated outside of Japanese. This creates an almost complete coverage of all the consonant-verb syllable combinations possible in English and Japanese, although extended katakana are not completely standardized in their usage, and romanizations other than those provided in the chart might be appropriate depending on the circumstances. The black-text kana, however, ''are'' fixed, and should be romanized as they are shown.

Except for cases where only katakana is present, [[wikipedia:Hiragana|hiragana]] are on the left, followed by [[wikipedia:Katakana|katakana]] and then the romanization on the right. Please note that ''Kwa'' and ''Gwa'' each have two katakana combinations possible, which are listed side-by-side. The following chart explains the colour coding in the table.

*Kana
**Black kana = normal
**{{color|Grey kana|grey}} = historic, now disused except for stylistic reasons
**{{color|Green kana|green}} = ''-u'' column katakana plus the vowel kana as digraphs (except abnormal ''fya/fyu/fyo'', ''vya/vyu/vyo'' and ''tsyu'', which use the regular digraphs)
**{{color|Red kana|red}} = abnormal
*Romaji
**''Black romaji'' = primary consonant for the kana
**''{{color|Blue romaji|blue}}'' = secondary consonant for the kana (for the digraphs, ''-ya/-yu/-yo'' become ''-a/-u/-o'')
**''{{color|Purple romaji|purple}}'' = tertiary (''tsu'', ''fu'') or katakana-only consonant for the kana
**''{{color|Red romaji|red}}'' = abnormal
*Backgrounds
**Lighter background (first 5 columns) = monographs (normally)
**Darker background (next 3 columns) = digraphs
**Yellow backgrounds (last column) = abnormal ''-ye'' set of digraphs (katakana only)
**Orange backgrounds (top row) plus dark yellow = vowels only (including ''y-'')
**Pink backgrounds = basic kana
**Purple and blue backgrounds = kana with diacritics ( ゛ and ゜ respectively)
**Green backgrounds = special cases
***Light green = consonant-only ''n''
***Medium green = common punctuation marks
***Dark Green = digraphs (note that 〜 is stylistic; it can also be used as a dash (-) or colon (:), among other uses)
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{| border="0" cellspacing="2px" cellpadding="1px" width="100%" align="center"
|-style=background:#D4D4D4
!bgcolor=#E9E9E9|
!-a
!-i
!-u
!-e
!-o
!-ya, {{color|-a|blue}}
!-yu, {{color|-u|blue}}
!-yo, {{color|-o|blue}}
!-ye, {{color|-yi|blue}}
|-align=center style=background:#ffcc88
|bgcolor=#D4D4D4|_-
|あ ア ''a''
|い イ ''i''
|う ウ ''u''
|え エ ''e''
|お オ ''o''
|bgcolor=#eeaa66|や ヤ ''ya''
|bgcolor=#eeaa66|ゆ ユ ''yu''
|bgcolor=#eeaa66|よ ヨ ''yo''
|bgcolor=#eec355|イェ ''ye''
|-align=center style=background:#ffcccc
|bgcolor=#D4D4D4 rowspan=2|K-<br>{{nowrap|{{color|Kw-|purple}}}}<br>G-<br>{{color|Gw-|purple}}
|か カ ''ka''<br>{{color|クァ|green}} {{color|クヮ|red}} ''{{color|kwa|purple}}''
|き キ ''ki''<br>{{color|クィ|green}} ''{{color|kwi|purple}}''
|valign=top|く ク ''ku''
|け ケ ''ke''<br>{{color|クェ|green}} ''{{color|kwe|purple}}''
|こ コ ''ko''<br>{{color|クォ|green}} ''{{color|kwo|purple}}''
|bgcolor=#e6b7b7 valign=top|{{nowrap|きゃ キャ ''kya''}}
|bgcolor=#e6b7b7 valign=top|{{nowrap|きゅ キュ ''kyu''}}
|bgcolor=#e6b7b7 valign=top|{{nowrap|きょ キョ ''kyo''}}
|bgcolor=#EEE8AA valign=top|キェ ''kye''
|-align=center valign=top style=background:#e6c8e6
|が ガ ''ga''<br>{{nowrap|{{color|グァ|green}} {{color|グヮ|red}} ''{{color|gwa|purple}}''}}
|ぎ ギ ''gi''<br>{{color|グィ|green}} ''{{color|gwi|purple}}''
|ぐ グ ''gu''
|げ ゲ ''ge''<br>{{color|グェ|green}} ''{{color|gwe|purple}}''
|ご ゴ ''go''<br>{{color|グォ|green}} ''{{color|gwo|purple}}''
|bgcolor=#d1b6d1|ぎゃ ギャ ''gya''
|bgcolor=#d1b6d1|ぎゅ ギュ ''gyu''
|bgcolor=#d1b6d1|ぎょ ギョ ''gyo''
|bgcolor=#EEE666|ギェ ''gye''
|-align=center style=background:#ffcccc
|bgcolor=#D4D4D4 rowspan=2|S-<br>{{color|Sh-|blue}}<br>Z-<br>{{color|J-|blue}}
|valign=top|さ サ ''sa''
|{{color|スィ|green}} ''si''<br>し シ ''{{color|shi|blue}}''
|valign=top|す ス ''su''
|せ セ ''se''<br>{{color|シェ|red}} ''{{color|she|blue}}''
|valign=top|そ ソ ''so''
|bgcolor=#e6b7b7|<br>しゃ シャ ''{{color|sha|blue}}''
|bgcolor=#e6b7b7|<br>しゅ シュ ''{{color|shu|blue}}''
|bgcolor=#e6b7b7|<br>しょ ショ ''{{color|sho|blue}}''
|bgcolor=#E9E9E9|
|-align=center valign=top style=background:#e6c8e6
|ざ ザ ''za''
|{{color|ズィ|green}} ''zi''<br>じ ジ ''{{color|ji|blue}}''
|ず ズ ''zu''
|ぜ ゼ ''ze''<br>{{color|ジェ|red}} ''{{color|je|blue}}''
|ぞ ゾ ''zo''
|bgcolor=#d1b6d1|<br>じゃ ジャ ''{{color|ja|blue}}''
|bgcolor=#d1b6d1|<br>じゅ ジュ ''{{color|ju|blue}}''
|bgcolor=#d1b6d1|<br>じょ ジョ ''{{color|jo|blue}}''
|bgcolor=#E9E9E9|
|-align=center valign=center style=background:#ffcccc
|bgcolor=#D4D4D4 rowspan=2|T-<br>{{color|Ch-|blue}}<br>{{color|Ts-|purple}}<br>D-<br>{{color|J-|blue}}
|た タ ''ta''<br><br>{{color|ツァ|green}} ''{{color|tsa|purple}}''
|{{color|ティ|red}} ''ti''<br>ち チ ''{{color|chi|blue}}''<br>{{color|ツィ|green}} ''{{color|tsi|purple}}''
|{{color|トゥ|red}} ''tu''<br><br>つ ツ ''{{color|tsu|purple}}''
|て テ ''te''<br>{{color|チェ|red}} ''{{color|che|blue}}''<br>{{color|ツェ|green}} ''{{color|tse|purple}}''
|と ト ''to''<br><br>{{color|ツォ|green}} ''{{color|tso|purple}}''
|bgcolor=#e6b7b7|ちゃ チャ ''{{color|cha|blue}}''
|bgcolor=#e6b7b7|{{color|テュ|red}} ''tyu''<br>ちゅ チュ ''{{color|chu|blue}}''<br>{{color|ツュ|green}} ''{{color|tsyu|purple}}''
|bgcolor=#e6b7b7|ちょ チョ ''{{color|cho|blue}}''
|bgcolor=#E9E9E9|
|-align=center valign=top style=background:#e6c8e6
|だ ダ ''da''
|{{color|ディ|red}} ''di''<br>ぢ ヂ ''{{color|ji|blue}}''
|{{color|ドゥ|red}} ''du''<br>づ ヅ ''{{color|zu|red}}''
|で デ ''de''
|ど ド ''do''
|bgcolor=#d1b6d1|<br>ぢゃ ヂャ ''{{color|ja|blue}}''
|bgcolor=#d1b6d1|{{color|デュ|red}} ''dyu''<br>ぢゅ ヂュ ''{{color|ju|blue}}''
|bgcolor=#d1b6d1|<br>ぢょ ヂョ ''{{color|jo|blue}}''
|bgcolor=#E9E9E9|
|-align=center style=background:#ffcccc
|bgcolor=#D4D4D4|N-
|な ナ ''na''
|に ニ ''ni''
|ぬ ヌ ''nu''
|ね ネ ''ne''
|の ノ ''no''
|bgcolor=#e6b7b7|にゃ ニャ ''nya''
|bgcolor=#e6b7b7|にゅ ニュ ''nyu''
|bgcolor=#e6b7b7|にょ ニョ ''nyo''
|bgcolor=#EEE8AA|ニェ ''nye''
|-align=center style=background:#ffcccc
|bgcolor=#D4D4D4 rowspan=3|H-<br>{{color|F-|purple}}<br>B-<br>P-
|は ハ ''ha,{{color|wa|red}}''<br>{{color|ファ|green}} ''{{color|fa|purple}}''
|ひ ヒ ''hi''<br>{{color|フィ|green}} ''{{color|fi|purple}}''
|{{color|ホゥ|red}} ''hu''<br>ふ フ ''{{color|fu|purple}}''
|へ ヘ ''he,{{color|e|red}}''<br>{{color|フェ|green}} ''{{color|fe|purple}}''
|ほ ホ ''ho''<br>{{color|フォ|green}} ''{{color|fo|purple}}''
|bgcolor=#e6b7b7|ひゃ ヒャ ''hya''<br>{{color|フャ|green}} ''{{color|fya|purple}}''
|bgcolor=#e6b7b7|ひゅ ヒュ ''hyu''<br>{{color|フュ|green}} ''{{color|fyu|purple}}''
|bgcolor=#e6b7b7|ひょ ヒョ ''hyo''<br>{{color|フョ|green}} ''{{color|fyo|purple}}''
|bgcolor=#EEE8AA|ヒェ ''hye''<br>{{color|フィェ|red}} ''{{color|fye|purple}}''
|-align=center style=background:#e6c8e6
|ば バ ''ba''
|び ビ ''bi''
|ぶ ブ ''bu''
|べ ベ ''be''
|ぼ ボ ''bo''
|bgcolor=#d1b6d1|びゃ ビャ ''bya''
|bgcolor=#d1b6d1|びゅ ビュ ''byu''
|bgcolor=#d1b6d1|びょ ビョ ''byo''
|bgcolor=#EEE666|ビェ ''bye''
|-align=center style=background:#c6c8e6
|ぱ パ ''pa''
|ぴ ピ ''pi''
|ぷ プ ''pu''
|ぺ ペ ''pe''
|ぽ ポ ''po''
|bgcolor=#b1b6d1|ぴゃ ピャ ''pya''
|bgcolor=#b1b6d1|ぴゅ ピュ ''pyu''
|bgcolor=#b1b6d1|ぴょ ピョ ''pyo''
|bgcolor=#DDCC55|ピェ ''pye''
|-align=center style=background:#ffcccc
|bgcolor=#D4D4D4|M-
|ま マ ''ma''
|み ミ ''mi''
|む ム ''mu''
|め メ ''me''
|も モ ''mo''
|bgcolor=#e6b7b7|みゃ ミャ ''mya''
|bgcolor=#e6b7b7|みゅ ミュ ''myu''
|bgcolor=#e6b7b7|みょ ミョ ''myo''
|bgcolor=#EEE8AA|ミェ ''mye''
|-align=center style=background:#ffcccc
|bgcolor=#D4D4D4 rowspan=2|R-<br>{{color|L-|purple}}
|ら ラ ''ra''
|り リ ''ri''
|る ル ''ru''
|れ レ ''re''
|ろ ロ ''ro''
|bgcolor=#e6b7b7|りゃ リャ ''rya''
|bgcolor=#e6b7b7|りゅ リュ ''ryu''
|bgcolor=#e6b7b7|りょ リョ ''ryo''
|bgcolor=#EEE8AA|リェ ''rye''
|-align=center
|bgcolor=#c6c8e6|ラ゜ ''{{color|la|purple}}''
|bgcolor=#c6c8e6|リ゜ ''{{color|li|purple}}''
|bgcolor=#c6c8e6|ル゜ ''{{color|lu|purple}}''
|bgcolor=#c6c8e6|レ゜ ''{{color|le|purple}}''
|bgcolor=#c6c8e6|ロ゜ ''{{color|lo|purple}}''
|bgcolor=#E9E9E9|
|bgcolor=#E9E9E9|
|bgcolor=#E9E9E9|
|bgcolor=#E9E9E9|
|-align=center style=background:#ffcccc
|bgcolor=#D4D4D4 rowspan=2|W-<br><br>{{color|V-|purple}}
|わ ワ ''wa''<br>{{color|ウァ|green}} ''wa''
|{{nowrap|{{color|ゐ ヰ|grey}} ''wi,{{color|i|red}}''}}<br>{{color|ウィ|green}} ''wi''
|<br>{{color|ウゥ|green}} ''wu''
|{{nowrap|{{color|ゑ ヱ|grey}} ''we,{{color|e|red}}''}}<br>{{color|ウェ|green}} ''we''
|{{nowrap|を ヲ ''wo,{{color|o|red}}''}}<br>{{color|ウォ|green}} ''wo''
|bgcolor=#E9E9E9|
|bgcolor=#e6b7b7|<br>{{color|ウュ|green}} ''wyu''
|bgcolor=#E9E9E9|
|bgcolor=#E9E9E9|
|-align=center style=color:purple;background:#e6c8e6
|{{color|ヷ|grey}} ''va''<br>{{color|ヴァ|green}} ''va''
|{{color|ヸ|grey}} ''vi''<br>{{color|ヴィ|green}} ''vi''
|<br>{{color|ゔ ヴ|red}} ''vu''
|{{color|ヹ|grey}} ''ve''<br>{{color|ヴェ|green}} ''ve''
|{{color|ヺ|grey}} ''vo''<br>{{color|ヴォ|green}} ''vo''
|bgcolor=#d1b6d1|<br>{{color|ヴャ|green}} ''vya''
|bgcolor=#d1b6d1|<br>{{color|ヴュ|green}} ''vyu''
|bgcolor=#d1b6d1|<br>{{color|ヴョ|green}} ''vyo''
|bgcolor=#EEE666|<br>{{nowrap|{{color|ヴィェ|red}} ''vye''}}
|-align=center
|bgcolor=#E9E9E9|
|bgcolor=#c0eca0|ん ン ''n''
|bgcolor=#9cde80|。 ''<small>period</small>''
|bgcolor=#9cde80|{{nowrap|、 ''<small>comma</small>''}}
|bgcolor=#9cde80|「　」 ''<small>quotes</small>''
|bgcolor=#90bc70 colspan=2|っ ッ ''<small>doubles following consonant</small>''
|bgcolor=#90bc70 colspan=2|〜 ー ''<small>lengthens preceding vowel</small>''
|bgcolor=#eec355|{{color|イィ|red}} ''{{color|yi|blue}}''
|}

====Long Vowels====
To romanize elongated vowels, a macron should be typed over the vowel in question (see below for exceptions). In Japanese writing, vowels are elongated two different ways, depending on which kana are being used:
*In '''hiragana''', for the ''a'', ''i'' and ''u'' sounds, it is done by following the first kana with a second kana of the same vowel sound. I.e. in the following chart, turning a single ''a'' sound into long ''ā'' is done by writing ああ, and turning a ''ka'' into ''kā'' is done by following the か ''ka'' kana with an ''a'' kana: かあ.
**Note that long ''ē'' sound is usually made by using the い ''i'' kana instead of doubling the え ''e'' kana. Similarly, long ''ō'' sounds are usually made using う ''u'' kana instead of just the お ''o'' kana.
**Occasionally in stylized writing (such as dialogue), 〜 is placed after vowel sounds to indicate a drawn-out sound, but should simply be romanized as a regular tilde (~). I.e. ね～ should be romanized as ''ne~'', not ''nē''.
*In '''katakana''', the specific ー symbol follows the sound that is elongated. I.e. アー is ''ā'' and カー is ''kā''.
**Sometimes a small kana might be used elongate the preceding vowel for stylistic reasons (i.e. for names, etc.), but should still be romanized the same way as if a ー symbol was used. I.e. ベビィマリオ should still be romanized as ''Bebī Mario'' even though the ''bi'' was elongated with a small ''i'', as ビィ rather than ビー.
**Stylized writing (like dialogue) might also use ''multiple'' kana (large or small) for drawn-out sounds, which can be romanized literally. I.e. ワアアア can be romanized as ''waaaa'', not ''wā''.
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{| border="0" cellspacing="2px" style="float:right;margin-left:1em;" cellpadding="1px" width="350px" align="center"
|-style=background:#D4D4D4
!width=60px|-a
!width=60px|-i
!width=60px|-u
!width=80px|-e
!width=90px|-o
|-align=center style=background:#ffcc88
|ああ<br>アー<br>''ā''
|いい<br>イー<br>''ī'', ''{{color|ii|blue}}''
|うう<br>ウー<br>''ū''
|{{color|ええ|red}}　えい<br>エー<br>''ē'', ''{{color|ei|blue}}''
|{{color|おお|red}}　おう<br>オー<br>''ō''
|-align=center style=background:#ffcccc
|かあ<br>カー<br>''kā''
|きい<br>キー<br>''kī'', ''{{color|kii|blue}}''
|くう<br>クー<br>''kū''
|{{color|けえ|red}}　けい<br>ケー<br>''kē'', ''{{color|kei|blue}}''
|{{color|こお|red}}　こう<br>こー<br>''kō''
|-align=center style=background:#e6b7b7
|きゃあ<br>キャー<br>kyā
|bgcolor=#E9E9E9|
|きゅう<br>キュー<br>kyū
|bgcolor=#E9E9E9|
|{{color|きょお|red}}　きょう<br>キョー<br>kyō
|}

The chart on the right shows examples of elongated vowels (both plain vowels, and consonant-vowel syllables). Top row is hiragana, middle is katakana, bottom is romaji. Non-standard kana are in {{color|red|red}} (discussed above), and exceptions to the macron rule for romanization are in {{color|blue|blue}} (discussed below).

Both exceptions apply to words with long ''e'' and ''i'' sounds that originate in Japanese, rather than loanwords which use the regular macrons; usually, this means that when a word is written in hiragana or kanji, the long えい sound should be ''ei'' and long いい as ''ii'', while katakana usually uses the macrons. I.e. <span class=explain title="きいろ">黄色</span>　is romanized as ''kiiro'', but ルイージ is romanized as ''Ruīji''.

Be careful to distinguish between cases like <span class=explain title="と">問</span>う and  <span class=explain title="とう">糖</span>. The former should be ''tou'', while the latter should be ''tō''. This is due to the fact that what looks like a long vowel in 問う is actually separated over two different morphemes, and so is pronounced as two distinct vowels ("to-u") rather than a single long one.

====ん and ン====
ん and ン should be romanized ''n'' in most circumstances (and not ''m'', as in some other romanization systems). "N" is the only consonant that can occur without being followed by a vowel.

*<span class=explain title="にほん">日本</span> → ''nihon''
*こんな → ''konna''
*アンナ → ''anna''

When ん or ン is immidiately followed by one of the あ‐ or や-row kana (vowels and ''y-''), it should instead be <i>n'</i>, to distinguish it from the な‐row kana (''n-'') and indicate a syllabic break when spoken. I.e. <span class=explain title="きんえん">禁煙</span> is written as ''kin'en'' and pronounced "kin-en", as opposed to <span class=explain title="きねん">祈念</span> simply being romanized as ''kinen'' and pronounced "ki-nen".

====Small っ and ッ====
When a small っ or ッ kana is followed by a consonant, it should be represented by doubling that consonant. This indicates that there is a slight pause before the following consonant sound when the word is spoken aloud. In cases where the consonant sound is a digraph in English (namely, "ch", "sh" and "ts"), only the first letter is doubled (see second example below). 
Note that っち should be ''cchi'', never ''tchi'', as it is in other romanization systems.

*<span class=explain title="かっか">閣下</span> → ''kakka''
*いっしょ → ''issho''
*クッパ → ''kuppa''

Note that dialogue sometimes uses っ or ッ (or long srings of the kana) to indicate an elongated sound, such as hissing.

====は, を, and へ====
When used as particles, は, を, and へ should be romanized as ''wa'', ''o'', and ''e'', rather than the usual ''ha'', ''wo'', and ''he'', respectively. This is how they sound when pronounced. Katakana will only be used as particles when the writing as a whole is rendered as katakana (such as stylized dialogue, etc.): under normal circumstances, particles are always hiragana. In titles, particles should always be lowercase ([[#Particles|see below]]).

===Capitalization===
While most full sentences should simply be translated, if romanized, only the opening word and proper nouns should be capitalized, as in English. Proper nouns and titles should always be capitalized in quotes, {{tem|foreignname}} templates and, if no translations are available, in article titles ([[#Subjects with Japanese names|see below]]). However, if the names contain particles or honorifics, these should remain lowercase, as explained below.

====Particles====
[[wikipedia:Japanese particles|Particles]] should always be lowercase in titles. As well as the aforementioned は ''wa'', を ''o'', and へ ''e'', other basic particles found in titles include で ''de'',  が ''ga'', に ''ni'', の ''no'', と ''to'', and some common sentence-ending particles are か ''ka'', ね ''ne'' and よ ''yo''. Most particles are one syllable long, but some, such as から ''kara'' may be longer.

*うみ{{color|の|green}}なか{{color|は|green}}きけん{{color|で|green}}いっぱい！ → ''Umi no Naka wa Kiken de Ippai!''
*ワンワンだ{{color|よ|green}}！ぜんいんしゅうごう！ → ''Wanwan Da yo! Zen'in Shūgō!''

====Honorifics====
While titles such as "Mr.", "Princess" or "Dr." come before someone's name, with [[wikipedia:Japanese honorifics|Japanese honorifics]], the titles come after the name as suffixes, and are attached with a dash (-). Common honorifics include さん ''-san'', <span class=explain title="くん">君</span> ''-kun'', 　ちゃん ''-chan'' and <span class=explain title="さま">様</span> ''-sama'', while occupation-related titles frequently occurring in the ''Mario'' series include <span class=explain title="ひめ">姫</span> ''-hime'' (princess), <span class=explain title="おうじ">王子</span> ''-ōji'' (prince) 　 and <span class=explain title="せんせい">先生</span> ''-sensei'' (teacher/professor/doctor, among others). This latter set of honorifics can also be used as standalone titles, rather than just as suffixes, in which case they ''are'' capitalized (last example).

*マリオくん → ''Mario-kun''
*ショコラ姫 → ''Shokora-hime''
*フランクリ<span class=explain title="せんせい">先生</span>　→ ''Furankuri-sensei''
*<span class=explain title="せんせい">先生</span> → ''Sensei''

===Subjects with Japanese names===
If a subject must be called by its Japanese name per [[MarioWiki:Naming]], it should be romanized in all uses on the Super Mario Wiki. For the most part, the romanization rules outlined above should be followed, however, for article titles, words that originated in English should be written as the original English word for simplicity (or, if the word comes from another Roman script language such as German, it should be written in the original German, etc.). The only exception to this is if a word is part of a compound, as partially translating the word would look awkward.

Unlike regular romaji, the "title romanization" does not need to be italicized (unless it is a title of a game/movie/comic/etc., in which case it should be italicized anyway, as with English game/etc. titles). The proper romanization should still be provided (in italics) in the opening line of the article, while the "title romanization" is used whenever the name is used in the article and elsewhere on the wiki. Regular romanizations should always be used in {{tem|foreignname}}, with the loanwords being converted back to English only in the "meaning" column. 

*ロープをのぼってアスレチック！
**Normal romanization → ''Rōpu o Nobette Asurechikku!''
**Name romanization → [[Rope o Nobotte Athletic!]]
*スーパーマリオ　<span class=explain title="ふしぎ">不思議</span>のころころパーティ
**Normal romanization → ''Sūpā Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Pāti''
**Name romanization → ''[[Super Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Party]]''
*メンハンマー 
**Normal romanization → ''Menhanmā''
**Name romanization → [[Menhanmā]] (not "Menhammer")

For the convenience of editors who cannot easily type vowels with macrons, redirects should be created from titles without macrons to the canonical title.

*{{fakelink|Super Mario Momotaro}} redirects to ''[[Super Mario Momotarō]]''

===External Links===
*[http://thejadednetwork.com/sfx/ The JADED Network's Japanese-to-English sound effects translations] (Use the visual directory of katakana to find the desired SFX).
*[http://jisho.org/kanji/radicals/ The Denshi Jisho online Japanese dictionary] (Use the radicals and stroke counts to look up Kanji visually).

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