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    Hepburn romanization (Japanese: ヘボン式ローマ字, Hepburn: Hebon-shiki rōmaji, lit. 'Hepburn-style Roman letters') is the main system of romanization for the...
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  • [vague] The system was developed by Yevgeny Polivanov in 1917. In terms of spelling the system is a middle ground between Kunrei-shiki and Hepburn romanisations...
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  • Romanization of Japanese (category Japanese writing system)
    3602) and Nihon-shiki romanization (ISO 3602 Strict). Variants of the Hepburn system are the most widely used. Romanized Japanese may be used in any context...
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  • Kunrei-shiki romanization (Japanese: 訓令式ローマ字, Hepburn: Kunrei-shiki rōmaji), also known as the Monbusho system (named after the endonym for the Ministry of...
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    Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress whose career as a Hollywood leading lady spanned six decades. She was...
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    Audrey Kathleen Hepburn (née Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress. Hepburn had a successful career in Hollywood and was recognised...
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  • Katharine Hepburn and Audrey Hepburn): Hepburn (surname) Hepburn romanization, a system for the romanization of Japanese Shire of Hepburn, a local government...
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    translator and lay Christian missionary. He is known for the Hepburn romanization system for transliteration of the Japanese language into the Latin alphabet...
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  • system was intended for Japanese people to use to write their own language, it is much more regular than Hepburn romanization, and unlike Hepburn's system...
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    calling it the Shūsei Hebon-shiki (修正ヘボン式, "modified Hepburn system") or Hyōjun-shiki (標準式, "standard system"). In 1934, Kanō stopped giving public exhibitions...
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