Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Kunrei-shiki (訓令式; also called "monbusho" system) is a romanization system for transcribing the Japanese language into the Latin alphabet (romaji). It is the system officially sanctioned by the Japanese ministry of education, although it is much less widespread in use than Hepburn romanization, and is mostly used within Japanese schools. The system is a compromise between Hepburn, which stresses conformity with English phonology, and Nippon-shiki, which stresses one-to-one coorespondence with the kana system. The major differences between the three systems are: Kana Hepburn Kunrei-shiki Nippon-shiki し shi si si じ ji zi zi ぢ ji zi di づ zu zu du ふ fu hu hu しゃ sha sya sya しゅ shu syu syu しょ sho syo syo じゃ ja zya zya じゅ ju zyu zyu じょ jo zyo zyo ぢゃ ja zya dya ぢゅ ju zyu dyu ぢょ jo zyo dyo Long vowels are represented by a circumflex in the modern system, although the older Kunrei-shiki specification called for macrons. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.