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This drove me nuts when I lived in Japan. I can accept "zya". I prefer "ja". GTFO with "jya".



On the plus side, kunrei-shiki romanisation, which is the official government style and has been standardised as ISO 3602, is in practice ignored even by that Japanese government.

In terms of nails on blackboards, I ask that you bathe for a moment in the exquisite splendour of the romanisation that is "Mt Huzi", Japan's highest peak.




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