Genshin Impact Wiki:Japanese

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Introduction

The Genshin Impact Wiki has some specific rulesets regarding the usage and romanization of Japanese text in articles, which may be different from other wikis, communities, or official standardization methods. Please read this page carefully before adding any sort of Japanese text or romanization.

Template

The template {{Lang}} must be used when adding Japanese text and romanization (and can also support other languages like Chinese and Korean).

Usage

On the Genshin Impact Wiki, Japanese can be used in the following applications:

• The Japanese part of Other Language sections
• The names of Japanese voice actors
• Names of characters, factions, locations, etc. that have a name based on Japanese
• Japanese Voice-Over pages
• Trivia sections or Lore pages for explaining etymologies

Japanese should not be used in the following applications:

• Names of characters, factions, locations, etc. that have a name that is not based on Japanese
• Places where only Chinese is necessary

Furigana

Furigana is the representation of pronunciation in kana for Japanese text and may be included using {{Rubi}}.

• Include official furigana (if needed) with a reference for the source of the furigana. For example:
  • Location names from the Map such as 璃リー月ユェ港こう Riiywe-kou, "Liyue Harbor,"
  • Character names such as 香シャン菱リン Shanrin, "Xiangling."
• Do not include unofficial furigana with {{Rubi}} in the lede or in Other Languages tables.
• Avoid using furigana for anything that can be conveyed with romanization.
• Furigana for official readings using non-standard ateji and phonetic borrowings are acceptable. (e.g., 西風セピュロス Sepyurosu, "Favonius," 腌イェン篤ドゥ鮮シェン Yendushen, "Bamboo Shoot Soup")

Romanization

There are a couple of strict romanization rules you must follow.

The romanization system we use is modified Hepburn, with the following modifications and/or enforcements of existing rules:

• Macrons are completely disallowed. Write out long vowels in full. (e.g., 平蔵 Heizou, not Heizō)
  • For the chouonpu (ー), double the preceding vowel. (e.g., ゴロー Goroo)
• づ and ぢ are romanized as dzu and dji.
  • ぢゃ, ぢゅ, and ぢょ should be romanized as dja, dju, and djo. (e.g., 一本調子 ippondjoushi, 御飯茶碗 gohandjawan, 大手まんぢゅう ootemandjuu)
• The sokuon (っ) should be romanized by doubling the succeeding consonant.
  • When the sokuon is not followed by any kana, it should be romanized as a single apostrophe (').

Example	っふ	っじ	っち	っぢ	っづ	あっ
Romanization	ffu	jji	cchi	ddji	ddzu	a'

• を, ゐ, and ゑ should always be romanized as wo, wi, and we, not o, i, and e.
• へ should always be romanized as he, not e (including when it is used as a particle).
• は as a particle follows standard Hepburn romanization as wa.
• When ん n is followed by や ya, ゆ yu, or よ yo, or any vowel, an apostrophe (') needs to be inserted between n and the following kana.
• Do not render ん n as m before labial consonants b, m, or p. (e.g., 先輩 senpai, not sempai)
• For small kana (ぁぃぅぇぉ, ァィゥェォ), there are a couple rules:

Hiragana	Katakana	Romanization
ふ + any small vowel	フ + any small vowel	f + vowel
つ + any small vowel	ツ + any small vowel	ts + vowel
とぅ, どぅ	トゥ, ドゥ	tu, du
てぃ, でぃ	ティ, ディ	ti, di
すぃ, ずぃ	スィ, ズィ	si, zi
ゔ + any small vowel	ヴ + any small vowel	v + vowel
く, ぐ + ぁ, ぃ, ぇ, ぉ	ク, グ + ァ, ィ, ェ, ォ	kw, gw + vowel
む + ぁ, ぃ, ぇ, ぉ	ム + ァ, ィ, ェ, ォ	mw + vowel
ぬ + ぁ, ぃ, ぇ, ぉ	ヌ + ァ, ィ, ェ, ォ	nw + vowel
ほ + ぁ, ぃ, ぅ, ぇ	ホ + ァ, ィ, ゥ, ェ	hw + vowel
any kana + ゃ, ゅ, ょ	any kana + ャ, ュ, ョ	consonant + ya, yu, yo

• If a small vowel follows a kana of the same vowel and is not followed by the chouonpu (ー), treat it as a large vowel and double the vowel. (e.g., ねぇ nee)
  • If it is followed by the chouonpu (ー), ignore the small vowel and double the vowel normally. (e.g., グゥオパァー Guuopaa)
  • For the small kana ゎ, remove the preceding vowel and add wa (e.g., くゎつ kwatsu).

Capitalization

• The romanization should follow the capitalization of the corresponding English text, whether it is in title case or sentence case.

Spacing

When a kanji compound is five or more kanji in length and is not one coherent compound, spacing must be inserted to separate the compound in the romanization. The larger compound needs to be separated into smaller coherent compounds. For compounds of four or fewer kanji, no spacing is needed and the whole compound should be romanized as one spaceless word.

Spaces should be added between each particle and the word before it.

Voice Actor Names

The romanization of voice actor names should be chosen based on the following list (displayed in order from highest priority to lowest priority). These romanizations are permitted to deviate from the romanization guidelines listed above.

1. For playable characters whose voice actors are listed in official media, the romanization used on Genshin Impact's official website;
2. The voice actor's personal preference (for example, the romanization used on their website or social media);
3. The most common romanization used in English media (including Wikipedia);
4. The romanization guidelines listed above.

Old Japanese

You may sometimes require Old Japanese to explain specific etymologies in Genshin Impact. The corresponding language code in {{Lang}} is ojp.

Old Japanese may be written in either man'yougana or standard kana mixed script, but man'yougana is preferred if it is available if referencing a real-world text. If the text was not written in man'yougana, use mixed script.

Old Japanese text must be rendered in kyuujitai or then-contemporary variant glyphs of characters when written. Shinjitai is prohibited from use.

Old Japanese should be romanized with the following romanization table below.

Unvoiced syllables

	- 阿行	k- 可行	s- 佐行	t- 多行	n- 那行	p- 波行	m- 麻行	y- 也行	r- 良行	w- 和行
-a 阿段	阿 a	可 ka	佐 sa	多 ta	那 na	波 pa	麻 ma	也 ya	良 ra	和 wa
-yi 伊甲段	伊 i	支 kyi	斯 si	知 ti	爾 ni	比 pyi	美 myi		利 ri	爲 wi
-wi 伊乙段		貴 kwi				火 pwi	微 mwi
-u 宇段	宇 u	久 ku	須 su	都 tu	奴 nu	布 pu	牟 mu	由 yu	留 ru
-ye 衣甲段	衣 e	祁 kye	世 se	弖 te	禰 ne	覇 pye	賣 mye	曳 ye	禮 re	惠 we
-e 衣乙段		氣 ke				閉 pe	米 me
-o 意甲段	意 ə	古 ko	蘇 so	刀 to	野 no	富 po	毛 mo	用 yo	路 ro	遠 wo
-ə 意乙段		己 kə	曾 sə	等 tə	乃 nə		母 mə	與 yə	呂 rə

Voiced syllables

	Ng- 我行	Nz- 耶行	Nd- 陀行	Nb- 伐行
-a 阿段	我 Nga	耶 Nza	陀 Nda	伐 Nba
-yi 伊甲段	藝 Ngyi	士 Nzi	遲 Ndi	婢 Nbyi
-wi 伊乙段	疑 Ngwi			備 Nbwi
-u 宇段	具 Ngu	受 Nzu	豆 Ndu	部 Nbu
-ye 衣甲段	雅 Ngye	是 Nze	傅 Nde	辨 Nbye
-e 衣乙段	義 Nge			倍 Nbe
-o 意甲段	胡 Ngo	俗 Nzo	度 Ndo	煩 Nbo
-ə 意乙段	碁 Ngə	序 Nzə	特 Ndə

Chinese-Based You-on Sounds

When romanizing borrowings of Chinese readings of Chinese characters (kanji), special provisions are made for you-on sounds derived from Chinese which are non-existent in native Old Japanese phonology.

• When 和 wa or 惠 we follow 久 ku or 具 Ngu, u is dropped and the romanization will simply consist of k/Ng + wa or we.
• When 也 ya, 由 yu, 用 yo, or 與 yə follow any -i or -wi column (伊段) kana, i is dropped and the romanization will simply consist of the consonant (+ w if -wi) + ya, yu, yo, or yə.