Deep-Dive
Summary
On the
Language:
に
ほん ご
,日本語
2026
2nd Revival Edition
アレクシス・ジャレド・パナリガン
Writing
Specifics
Topic Writing
Head
When writing the head, font size must be 24 with Japanese written first followed
by a ‘tab click’ and its equivalence English counterpart. Regarding paragraph
spacing, precisely use 1.15. After that is done, include Furigana on the top, add
emphasis (bold) to all characters, and add a horizontal line below.
Body
Writing the body must use font size 12 with spacing 1.5 in alignment: ‘Justify’.
Japanese words follow the same rules but using font size 10 with furigana on top.
Pictorial Representations
Pictures, graphs, diagrams and any other non-linear texts fall under the category
of pictorial representations in which its name must be in font size 16, bold, and
include its Japanese equivalence contained within parenthesis using font size 14
and activated to bold. Non-linear texts are displayed in their usual resolution
(minimized when necessary) and must be outlined with a thin line as borders.
Padding is set to whatever the program desired but may be changed accordingly
if padding space is excessive.
Lists
Creating lists follow the same convention as contents within the body. Start with
a closed circle () for first-order elements, open circle () for second-order elements
(i.e., sub-elements of first-order elements), open square () for third-order, open
diamonds for fourth, and lastly inverted triangles for fifth. If somehow, a subclass
beyond fifth-order is required, may the writer use other custom open symbols
that is not limited to polygon shapes.
Miscellaneous Data
For the remaining other methods under miscellaneous data, depending on its
looks and artistic structure, writers may apply previously aforementioned
standards if such standard fits the style for the data. If none of the previous
standards
accommodate
the
following
data,
researching
for
possible
organizations or practical-artistic rendition (self or suggested by any other agent
of information) of the data will be permitted.
Miscellaneous
Summaries
For any word, paragraph, or phrase that serves significance to the reader
because it succinctly explains something effectively or by other pragmatic means,
the writer may emphasize (bold) the said word, paragraph, or phrase.
Exceptions or Disclaimers
Writing an exception is no different with writing content for the body, however, a
few adjustments are needed to be done. Firstly, any word, paragraph or phrase
must be written with the text colored ‘red’. Secondly, all text counted as
exceptions or disclaimers are written with emphasis or bold. Lastly, all
disclaimers or exceptions must be preceded first with asterisk (*) or any other
marking symbols, with a sole exception of phonetic readings of Japanese words
in which it requires none. When necessary, the writer may write the disclaimer
inside a textbox if a reasonably-sized portion of the page still present but
inaccessible due to pictorial paddings and whatnot. Recommended to use a
textbox whose outline and inside color are invisible, no matter if superimposed in
the picture or not. In worst case, the writer may superimpose the textbox inside
the picture if able without sacrificing readability and artistic looks.
Book
Content
おん
じ
,音字
Syllabaries
Syllabaries are a group of characters much like the Latin alphabet of A, B, C, and
so forth. Its difference relies on the sounds it represents, in which, those sounds mark
‘full syllable’ from that language (hence syllabary; syllable + ary). In Japanese, there are
two syllabaries (three by technicality, however it is just the Latin alphabet). One is called
Hiragana (平仮名; easy characters) and the other, Katakana (片仮名; fragmentary characters).
Hiragana and Katakana serve as the two most important syllabaries in the
Japanese language. For simplicity, Hiragana is used for creating particles, words,
furigana, onomatopoeia, baby-talk, and common-used words. Meanwhile, Katakana
is heavily used for loanwords (or borrowed words) of which originating from
foreign countries; with the majority coming from English. Sometimes, Katakana is
utilized to respell kanji words such as fog (霧→キリ) for better readability to drivers.
Colloquially, Japanese people often use Katakana on certain common words to give
them a rather harsh or casual feeling (partly due to the straight-structure nature of
the syllabary). In addition to its colloquial usage, it is also used for writing
foreigner’s names, historical languages (such as the Ainu), objects, and people,
kira-kira (キラキラ; sparkly) names, and animal names. Advertisement and literary
pieces sometimes use Katakana for artificial/robotic, stylistic, or comedic reasons
(as it seen essentially as extension to allow any words to fit with the Japanese language).
By extension, the Latin alphabet also serves a purpose in Japanese, natively called
as Rōmaji (ローマ字; Roman characters). Rōmaji is regularly used in mathematics to
represent variable letters (x, y, z, a, b, c, etc.) and in some circumstance:
differentiating supplementary characters in theater dramaturgy (such as: A 人, B 人,
C 人, etc.). It can be found in anime too, typically in scenes that require logical
reasoning or logical procedures.
ひら が
な おん じ
Hiragana Syllabary (平仮名音字)
Fig. 1 Hiragana originally came from cursive kanji.
※
The
following
red
highlighted
kanas
are
rarely used
and mostly
served
for
historical
Fig. 2 Modern Hiragana including historically significant kanas but deprecated.
purposes.
かた か
な おん じ
Katakana Syllabary (片仮名音字)
Fig 3. Katakana came from Kanji.
※
The
following
red
highlighted
kanas
are
rarely used
and mostly
served
for
historical
Fig 4. Modern Katakana including historically significant kanas but deprecated.purposes.