Editing Romanization (section)

===Japanese===
{{Main|Romanization of Japanese}}
Romanization (or, more generally, [[Roman letters]]) is called "[[rōmaji]]" in [[Japanese language|Japanese]]. The most common systems are:
* [[Hepburn romanization|Hepburn]] (1867): phonetic transcription to Anglo-American practices, used in geographical names
* [[Nihon-shiki romanization|Nihon-shiki]] (1885): transliteration. Also adopted as ([[ISO 3602 Strict]]) in 1989.
* [[Kunrei-shiki romanization|Kunrei-shiki]] (1937): phonemic transcription. Also adopted as ([[ISO 3602]]).
* [[JSL romanization|JSL]] (1987): phonemic transcription. Named after the book ''Japanese: The Spoken Language'' by Eleanor Jorden.
* [[ALA-LC romanization|ALA-LC]]: Similar to Modified Hepburn<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/japanese.pdf |title=Japanese |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |access-date=2014-09-28}}</ref>
* [[Wāpuro rōmaji|Wāpuro]]: ("word processor romanization") transliteration. Not strictly a system, but a collection of common practices that enables input of Japanese text.