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Shinyō Maru Incident
Shinyo (''shinyō'' or ''shin'yō'', depending on the word, in Modified Hepburn) may refer to: *''Shinyō'' (支繞) the common Japanese name for radical 65 (Chinese character) * Japanese aircraft carrier ''Shin'yō'', a Japanese aircraft carrier of World War II *Shinyo (suicide boat) The were Japanese suicide motorboats developed during World War II. They were part of the wider Japanese Special Attack Units program. History Towards the end of 1943, in response to unfavorable progress in the war, the Japanese high comm ... (''shin'yō''), Japanese suicide craft of World War II * SS ''Shinyō Maru'' (1941-1944) a Japanese 'hell ship' POW-transport, sunk during World War II, originally named the Clan Mackay in 1894 * SS ''Shinyō Maru'' (1911) (1911-1936) a Japanese liner on the trans-Pacific service, from Japan to San Francisco via Hawaii {{disambig, ship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modified Hepburn
is the main system of romanization for the Japanese language. The system was originally published in 1867 by American Christian missionary and physician James Curtis Hepburn as the standard in the first edition of his Japanese–English dictionary. The system is distinct from other romanization methods in its use of English orthography to phonetically transcribe sounds: for example, the syllable () is written as ' and () is written as ', reflecting their spellings in English (compare to ' and ' in the more systematic Nihon-shiki and Kunrei-shiki systems). In 1886, Hepburn published the third edition of his dictionary, codifying a revised version of the system that is known today as "traditional Hepburn". A version with additional revisions, known as "modified Hepburn", was published in 1908. Although Kunrei-shiki romanization is the style favored by the Japanese government, Hepburn remains the most popular method of Japanese romanization. It is learned by most foreign stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
