Some examples:
English | Hiragana | Hepburn | Nippon-shiki |
---|---|---|---|
Mount Fuji | ふじさん | Fujisan | Huzisan |
train | れっしゃ | ressha | ressya |
kana spelling | かなづかい | kanazukai | kanadukai |
tea | おちゃ | ocha | otya |
governor | ちじ | chiji | tizi |
The system was invented by physicist Akitsu Tanakadate in 1885. Since then, the Kunrei-shiki has been developed as a compromise between Nippon and Hepburn. The JSL system, which is targeted at foreign students of Japanese, is also based on Nippon-shiki.