Template:Nihongo-s/doc

Usage

This template is a simplified version of {{Nihongo}} without the extra spans or checks and marks the kanji segment as being in Japanese kanji and/or kana, which helps user agents (web browsers and so on) to display it correctly. This template is for articles which calls {{Nihongo}} hundreds of times which may exceed the post-expand limit set by the MediaWiki software.

Further information on when to use this template: Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles)

Syntax

Code	{{Nihongo-s|English|kanji/kana|rōmaji}}
Gives	English (kanji/kana rōmaji)

Parameters

• English. Required. The word as translated into English. Note that this will sometimes be the actual Japanese word due to it being adopted into English.
• kanji/kana. Required. The word as written in Japanese (kanji, kana, Roman letters, and possibly other marks).
• rōmaji. Optional. Transliteration of the Japanese word, using Hepburn Romanization.

See also

• {{Nihongo}}
• {{Nihongo2}}, also displays the kanji properly, but without adding anything in parentheses, without rōmaji and without the extra parameters
• {{Nihongo3}}, essentially the same as Nihongo, but gives rōmaji first and English inside the parentheses
• {{Nihongo krt}}, essentially the same as Nihongo, but gives kanji first with rōmaji and English inside the parentheses
• {{Nihongo foot}}, same as Nihongo, but puts everything but the English into a footnote

A simplified version of {{Nihongo}} without the extra spans or checks and marks the kanji segment as being in Japanese kanji and/or kana.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
English text	1	no description	String	required
Kanji/kana	2	no description	String	required
Romanized (rōmaji) text	3	no description	String	suggested