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Re:Japan to revise official romanization rules for first tim... by zaik on Thursday March 07, 2024 @01:08AM (#39625554)
My native language is German and Hepburn is much closer to the correct pronunciation than Kunreishiki.
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Re:Japan to revise official romanization rules for first tim... by lmm on Thursday March 07, 2024 @01:16AM (#39625603)
Really? German "ti" isn't super close to ち, but I found writing it "chi" just completely bizarre.
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Re:Japan to revise official romanization rules for first tim... by adastra22 on Thursday March 07, 2024 @01:26AM (#39625658)
The put a t in front of it.
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