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== Usage ==
This template marks the <code>[[kanji]]</code> segment as being in Japanese kanji and/or kana, which helps user agents (web browsers and so on) to display it correctly. 

{{details|topic=when to use this template|Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles)}}

'''Syntax:'''
{|class=wikitable
|Without lead=yes
|With lead=yes
|-
|<code><nowiki>{{Nihongo|</nowiki>&lt;{{var|english}}>&#124;&lt;{{var|kanji/kana}}>&#124;&lt;{{var|rōmaji}}>&#124;&lt;{{var|extra}}>&#124;&lt;{{var|extra2}}>}}</code>
|<code><nowiki>{{Nihongo|</nowiki>&lt;{{var|english}}>&#124;&lt;{{var|kanji/kana}}>&#124;&lt;{{var|rōmaji}}>&#124;lead=yes&#124;extra=&lt;{{var|extra}}>&#124;extra2=&lt;{{var|extra2}}>}}</code>
|}
'''Parameters:'''
* &lt;{{var|english}}>. Optional. The word as translated into English. Note that this will sometimes be the actual Japanese word due to it being adopted into English.
* &lt;{{var|kanji/kana}}>. Required when &lt;{{var|rōmaji}}> is empty or omitted. The word as written using Japanese script (kanji, kana).
* &lt;{{var|rōmaji}}>. Required when &lt;{{var|kanji/kana}}> is empty. Transliteration of the Japanese word, using Hepburn Romanization.
* lead=yes. Optional. This should be used for the first instance of Japanese, usually in the lead. It gives the reader an idea what kind of non-English writing they are viewing.
* &lt;{{var|extra}}>. Optional. Can be used to add a gloss (particularly if there is no English form). Can also be expressed as a named parameter, <code>extra=</code>
* &lt;{{var|extra2}}>. Optional. Can also be expressed as a named parameter, <code>extra2=</code>. It is only useful in ";" definitions (extra2 will be displayed without bold, whereas text following the template will get the bold).

=== Examples ===
;Regular use:
{| CLASS="wikitable"
|'''Code''' ||<code><nowiki>{{Nihongo|Tokyo Tower|東京タワー|Tōkyō tawā}}</nowiki></code>
|-
|'''Gives'''||              {{Nihongo|Tokyo Tower|東京タワー|Tōkyō tawā}}
|}

;Use in lead:
{| CLASS="wikitable"
|'''Code''' ||<code><nowiki>{{Nihongo|Tokyo Tower|東京タワー|Tōkyō tawā|lead=yes}}</nowiki></code>
|-
|'''Gives'''||              {{Nihongo|Tokyo Tower|東京タワー|Tōkyō tawā|lead=yes}}
|}

;Without <code>English</code>:
{| CLASS="wikitable"
|'''Code''' ||<code><nowiki>{{Nihongo||東京タワー|Tōkyō tawā}}</nowiki></code>
|-
|'''Gives'''||              {{Nihongo||東京タワー|Tōkyō tawā}}
|}

;Without <code>English</code>, use in lead:
{| CLASS="wikitable"
|'''Code''' ||<code><nowiki>{{Nihongo||東京タワー|Tōkyō tawā|lead=yes}}</nowiki></code>
|-
|'''Gives'''||              {{Nihongo||東京タワー|Tōkyō tawā|lead=yes}}
|}

;With <code>extra2</code>:
{| CLASS="wikitable"
|'''Code''' ||
<code><nowiki>; {{Nihongo||虚無僧|komusō|extra2='Priest of nothingness'}}</nowiki></code><BR />
<code><nowiki>: Mendicant priest of the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism.</nowiki></code>
|-
|'''Gives'''||
; {{Nihongo||虚無僧|komusō|extra2='Priest of nothingness'}}
: Mendicant priest of the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism.
|}
{{hatnote|Note: literal translations and linguistic glosses go in [[MOS:SINGLE|single quotation marks]], not double.}}

;Without <code>extra2</code>:
{| CLASS="wikitable"
|'''Code''' ||
<code><nowiki>; {{Nihongo||虚無僧|komusō}} 'Priest of nothingness'</nowiki></code><BR />
<code><nowiki>: Mendicant priest of the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism.</nowiki></code>
|-
|'''Gives'''||
<!--       -->; {{Nihongo||虚無僧|komusō}} 'Priest of nothingness'
<!--       -->: Mendicant priest of the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism.
|}

=== User style ===
[[Help:User style|User style]] can be set by adding code similar to

<syntaxhighlight lang="css">
@media screen, tv {
	*[lang="ja"] {
		color: green;
	}
}</syntaxhighlight>

to [[Special:Mypage/common.css|common.css]].

==Error messaging==
This template emits one error message of its own:
:<span class="error" style="font-size:100%">error: <nowiki>{{nihongo}}</nowiki>: Japanese or romaji text required</span>
One of the positional parameters <code>&lt;{{var|kanji/kana}}></code> (<code><nowiki>{{{2}}}</nowiki></code>), the 'Japanese' referred to in the error message or <code>&lt;{{var|rōmaji}}></code> (<code><nowiki>{{{3}}}</nowiki></code>) is required for proper operation of this template.  Articles with these errors are collected in {{clc|Nihongo template errors}}.

This error often occurs because the template is malformed:
:<code><nowiki>{{Nihongo|東京タワー}}</nowiki></code> instead of <code><nowiki>{{Nihongo||東京タワー}}</nowiki></code>; {{lang|ja|東京タワー}} is in <code><nowiki>{{{1}}}</nowiki></code> (<code>&lt;{{var|english}}></code>) instead of <code><nowiki>{{{2}}}</nowiki></code> (<code>&lt;{{var|kanji/kana}}></code>).  To resolve this error, add the missing pipe (<code>|</code>) or consider using {{tlx|lang}} or {{tlx|transl}}

Because this template uses {{tld|lang}} and {{tlx|transl}} which emit their own error messages, see the help text for those at:
:{{cl|Lang and lang-xx template errors}} – for error messages emitted by {{tld|lang}}
:{{cl|Transl template errors}} – for error messages emitted by {{tld|transl}}

== See also ==
* {{tlp|Lang-ja|...}},{{tlp|lang|ja|...}}, similar templates in the [[:Category:Lang-x templates|Lang-x template]] for marking up Japanese text
* {{tl|Nihongo3}}, essentially the same as this template, but gives rōmaji first and English inside the parentheses
* {{tl|Nihongo2}}, also displays the kanji properly, but without adding anything in parentheses, without rōmaji and without the extra parameters
* {{tl|Nihongo foot}}, same as this version, but puts everything but the English into a footnote
* {{tlp|in lang|ja}}, to label sources written in Japanese
* {{tl|Japanese}}, to request expert assistance with Japanese script

== Template data ==
{{TemplateDataHeader}}
<templatedata>
{
	"description": "This template is used to display Japanese text, applying the correct code and formatting.",
	"params": {
		"1": {
			"label": "English text",
			"type": "string",
			"description": "The word as translated into English."
		},
		"2": {
			"label": "Kanji/kana text",
			"type": "string",
			"required": true,
			"description": "The word as written in Japanese (kanji, kana, Roman letters, and possibly other marks)."
		},
		"3": {
			"label": "Romanized (rōmaji) text",
			"type": "string",
			"description": "Transliteration of the Japanese word, using Hepburn Romanization."
		},
		"4": {
			"label": "Extra text inside parentheses",
			"type": "string",
			"description": "Adds extra text inside the parentheses. ",
			"aliases":["extra"]
		},
		"5": {
			"label": "Extra text outside parentheses",
			"type": "string",
			"description": "Adds extra text outside the parentheses. It is only useful in \";\" definitions (it will be displayed without bold, whereas text following the template will get the bold).",
			"aliases":["extra2"]
		},
		"lead": {
			"label": "Formatting",
			"type": "string",
			"description": "Changes formatting style. If set to yes, uses lead formatting. Otherwise uses default formatting."
		}
	}
}
</templatedata>

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