Search for Japanese language material

Japanese language items in the Monash University Library are catalogued using the Modified Hepburn romanization system, as well as the Japanese characters.

In order to find Japanese materials in the catalogue, type in keywords or author or title in either Japanese characters or Modified Hepburn romanization. The diacritics to indicate long vowel and syllabic nasal are displayed on screen. When typing keywords you can ignore the diacritics, it is not necessary to capitalise the proper noun.

Examples:

A description of the Modified Hepburn system can be found in all good Japanese English dictionaries.

• Kodansha’s pocket romanized Japanese-English dictionary / Timothy J. Vance
• Kodansha’s romanized Japanese-English dictionary / Timothy J. Vance

In addition the following websites set out the sounds of Japanese and the Modified Hepburn romanization system:

• Pronunciations and Romanization
• List of Romanization system (pdf, 78kb)

Configure your computer to search the catalogue Using non-Roman script.

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