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		shevy-java 74 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Japan to revise romanization rules for first time ... "The council’s recommendation also adopts Hepburn spellings for し, じ and つ as shi, ji, and tsu, compared to the Kunrei spellings of si, zi and tu." Is that an anti-China thing? Or is it a simplification thing? I don't fully understand the underlying motivation.

brigandish 74 days ago | [–]

Kunrei makes more sense to a Japanese native, Hepburn makes more sense to a non-Japanese native. As the article points out, Hepburn has come to dominate, so they're simply aligning with it rather than having two systems hanging around.

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