Kunrei
Kunrei, short for Kunrei-shiki, is a romanization system for Japanese. It is one of the major methods for rendering Japanese sounds in the Latin alphabet and is closely related to Nihon-shiki. Kunrei-shiki is often described as the government-standard or canonical system, reflecting a spelling that follows the kana (hiragana and katakana) more directly than some other schemes.
The system was developed in the early 20th century by the Japanese government and underwent several revisions.
Key features of Kunrei-shiki include a set mappings such as shi to si, chi to ti, tsu
Overall, Kunrei-shiki emphasizes systematic correspondence with kana and etymological spelling, contrasting with phonetic approaches favored in