Template:Nihongo/doc

Usage

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This template 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.

For more details on this topic, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles).

Syntax:

Without lead=yes With lead=yes
{{Nihongo|<english>|<kanji/kana>|<rōmaji>|<extra>|<extra2>}} {{Nihongo|<english>|<kanji/kana>|<rōmaji>|lead=yes|extra=<extra>|extra2=<extra2>}}

Parameters:

  • <english>. Optional. 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 when <rōmaji> is empty or omitted. The word as written using Japanese script (kanji, kana).
  • <rōmaji>. Required when <kanji/kana> is empty. Transliteration of the Japanese word, using Hepburn Romanization.
  • lead=yes. Optional. This should be used for the first instance of Japanese, usually in the lead. It gives the reader an idea what kind of non-English writing they are viewing.
  • <extra>. Optional. Can be used to add a gloss (particularly if there is no English form). Can also be expressed as a named parameter, extra=
  • <extra2>. Optional. Can also be expressed as a named parameter, extra2=. It is only useful in ";" definitions (extra2 will be displayed without bold, whereas text following the template will get the bold).

Examples

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Regular use
Code {{Nihongo|Tokyo Tower|東京タワー|Tōkyō tawā}}
Gives Tokyo Tower (東京タワー, Tōkyō tawā)
Use in lead
Code {{Nihongo|Tokyo Tower|東京タワー|Tōkyō tawā|lead=yes}}
Gives Tokyo Tower (Japanese: 東京タワー, Hepburn: Tōkyō tawā)
Without English
Code {{Nihongo||東京タワー|Tōkyō tawā}}
Gives Tōkyō tawā (東京タワー)
Without English, use in lead
Code {{Nihongo||東京タワー|Tōkyō tawā|lead=yes}}
Gives Tōkyō tawā (Japanese: 東京タワー)
With extra2
Code

; {{Nihongo||虚無僧|komusō|extra2='Priest of nothingness'}}
: Mendicant priest of the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism.

Gives
komusō (虚無僧) 'Priest of nothingness'
Mendicant priest of the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism.

Note: literal translations and linguistic glosses go in single quotation marks, not double.

Without extra2
Code

; {{Nihongo||虚無僧|komusō}} 'Priest of nothingness'
: Mendicant priest of the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism.

Gives
komusō (虚無僧) 'Priest of nothingness'
Mendicant priest of the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism.

User style

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User style can be set by adding code similar to

@media screen, tv {
	*[lang="ja"] {
		color: green;
	}
}

to common.css.

Error messaging

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This template emits one error message of its own:

error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required

One of the positional parameters <kanji/kana> ({{{2}}}), the 'Japanese' referred to in the error message or <rōmaji> ({{{3}}}) is required for proper operation of this template.

This error often occurs because the template is malformed:

{{Nihongo|東京タワー}} instead of {{Nihongo||東京タワー}}; 東京タワー is in {{{1}}} (<english>) instead of {{{2}}} (<kanji/kana>). To resolve this error, add the missing pipe (|) or consider using {{lang}} or {{transl}}

Limitations

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This cannot be used within a Wikilink in an article or in any template or other page that is transcluded into an article.

Template data

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This is the TemplateData documentation for the template used by the new VisualEditor.

Nihongo

This template is used to display Japanese text, applying the correct code and formatting.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
English text1

The word as translated into English.

Stringoptional
Kanji/kana text2

The word as written in Japanese (kanji, kana, Roman letters, and possibly other marks).

Stringrequired
Romanized (rōmaji) text3

Transliteration of the Japanese word, using Hepburn Romanization.

Stringoptional
Extra text inside parentheses4 extra

Adds extra text inside the parentheses.

Stringoptional
Extra text outside parentheses5 extra2

Adds extra text outside the parentheses. It is only useful in ";" definitions (it will be displayed without bold, whereas text following the template will get the bold).

Stringoptional
Formattinglead

Changes formatting style. If set to yes, uses lead formatting. Otherwise uses default formatting.

Stringoptional