FAQ

Can I use only Roman characters to search Japanese language materials?

カテゴリ: 1.1. How to Search the Library Book Collection

By placing a "$" symbol in front of Roman characters used for search values, you can convert the Roman characters into Katakana characters to perform a search.

  • Writing in the official Kana romanization system and the Hepburn system is supported.
  • The Roman alphabet doesn't correspond to the long vowel character. For example, please enter "$kiwado" not "$kiwado" when you want to get the same result in the "キーワード."
  • _ means a blank.
Entry exampleSearch resultsExample of hit
$genjiIt will be shown the same search results in the keywords "ゲンジ" (genji in katakana).源氏世界の文学
源氏物語の人と心
源氏物語の世界
$syamisen+$wahuuIt will be shown the same search results in the keywords "シャミセン+ワフウ"(syamisen+wahuu in katanaka).玉菊とその三味線
和風
和風と洋式
$nihon_$amerikaIt will be shown the same search results in the keywords "ニホン_アメリカ"(nihon_amerika in katanaka).日米関係キーワード
アメリカの心・日本の心
日米同盟