How it works
This romaji converter writes what you type in hiragana, kana by kana: arigatou comes out as ありがとう. It reads Hepburn spelling and turns hiragana back into romaji.
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How to translate romaji to hiragana
Spell each sound and the kana follow: ka is か, shi is し, kya is きゃ. A doubled consonant is a small っ, so kekka is けっか and kotchi is こっち. A lone n is ん, and n' keeps it off a vowel: kan'i is かんい. Long vowels are typed as kana spells them: toukyou is とうきょう. A macron is read too, so tōkyō gives the same kana.
Translate hiragana to romaji
The hiragana to romaji converter is the same table read the other way: press Swap and paste. Long vowels come out as written, ou and uu, with no macron. は, へ and を come out as ha, he and wo even where they are particles, which Hepburn writes wa, e and o.
- ō is read as おう. A word spelled with おお, such as とおい, needs oo: tooi.
- Typed ji and zu give じ and ず. For ぢ and づ type di and du.
- Type a particle as written: ha for は, he for へ, wo for を. Typed wa, e and o give わ, え and お.
Questions and answers
Is this a romaji to hiragana translator?
It converts. It does not translate. Romaji and hiragana are two ways of writing the same Japanese sounds, and the page swaps one spelling for the other. It cannot turn English into Japanese or tell you what a word means.
Is it romaji or romanji?
Romaji: ローマ字, rōmaji with a long o. Romanji, with an extra n, is a misspelling of it, so romanji to hiragana is this same conversion.
Does it convert romaji to kana of both kinds?
This page writes hiragana. For katakana, the kana that loanwords are written in, use the romaji to katakana converter, which adds the long bar ー and the pairs for foreign sounds such as ファ and ティ.