Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years

Re:Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 y... by xnikitin on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @04:53AM (#46300028)

Minor corrections:

1. It's "Polivanov", not "Polianov".

2. It's "Синдзюку", not "Синдзуку".

Another example of JP→EN→RU is Nintendo's character Yoshi: By Polivanov, it should have become "Ёси" but since it came to RU via EN, it is written as "Йоши".

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Re:Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 y... by apflkx on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @05:32AM (#46300311)

Thanks for the correction!

しんじゅく (Cиндзюку, Sindzyuku) is an interesting case, as it has both し and じゅ in it. This is where Polivanov is similar to Kunrei. OTOH, Fukushima is cyrillized as Фукусима (Fukusima), where the ふ is a fu in Hepburn, hu in Kunrei and fu in Polivanov but し is not shi as in Hepburn, but si as in Kunrei.

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