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numpad0today at 9:03 AM1 replyview on HN

But nobody cares about formal romanization rules in the first place. People have informal bastardizations of Hepburn that's consistent enough for typing, and Kunrei deprecation is more or less just admission of the status quo.


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asutekkutoday at 9:42 AM

Most people use hepburn these days, it's people who learned japanese 20 years ago or so who are still stuck with kunrei.