Japan Style Sheet : The Swet Guide for Writers, Editors and Translators

PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION 9(2) TIPS FOR THE NONSPECIALIST 11(2) Specialized Terms for Japan-Related Text 12(1) TRANSLITERATING JAPANESE 13(16) Romanization Systems 14(2) Hepburn System 14(1) Kunrei System 14(1) Nippon System 15(1) Common Variants 15(1) Long Vowels 16(4) Macrons: Long Marks 16(1) Arguments in Favor of Macrons 17(1) Arguments against Macrons 18(1) Technical Considerations of Macron Use 18(1) Other Long-Vowel Markers 19(1) The Circumflex 19(1) Doubled Letters 19(1) Oh, Oh 19(1) Long Vowels on the Internet 20(1) N or M: Shinbun or Shimbun? 21(2) The N School 21(1) The M School 21(1) Exceptions 22(1) Place Names 22(1) Company Names 22(1) Apostrophes 23(1) When to Use the Apostrophe 23(1) When Not to Use the Apostrophe 24(1) When There Are Two Adjacent Vowels 24(1) Hyphens 24(5) In Common Names and Compounds 25(1) In Personal Names 26(1) In Place Names 26(1) Vernacular Style 27(1) With Country-Name Compounds 27(1) Word Division 28(1) MATTERS OF STYLE 29(20) Italics 30(3) General Rules for Italicization 30(1) Anglicized Words 31(1) Style Options for Italicization 32(1) Italicize Each Japanese Word Every Time 32(1) Italicize Nothing 32(1) Italicize on First Appearance Only 32(1) Personal Names 33(6) Name Order 33(1) Japanese Order: Surname, Personal Name 33(1) Western Order: Personal Name, Surname 34(1) Pre-Meiji Japanese, Post-Meiji Western 35(1) Our Recommendation 36(1) Common Problems with Japanese Names 36(1) Pseudonyms and Art Names 36(1) Variant Readings 37(1) Imperial Names 37(1) Clan Names 38(1) Personal Variants 38(1) Place Names 39(4) Descriptive Suffixes 39(1) Transliterate the Suffix 39(1) Translate the Suffix 40(1) Transliterate and Explain 40(1) Styles for Japanese Addresses 41(1) Administrative Divisions 41(1) Address-Line Sequence 42(1) Capitalization 43(1) Plurals 44(1) Loanwords 45(1) Note, Bibliography, and Index Styles 46(3) Capitalization of Titles 46(1) Translating Titles 47(1) Publishers' Names 47(1) Authors' Names 48(1) APPENDICES 49(28) Hepburn Orthography 50(2) Prefectures, Provinces 52(2) Numbers 54(1) Units of Measure 55(1) Imperial Reigns and Historical Eras 56(5) Historical Eras, Alphabetical List 61(4) Modern Era Conversion Chart 65(2) Principal Periods of Japanese History 67(1) Further References 68(6) Internet Resources 74(3) INDEX 77(2) ABOUT SWET 79