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**ibiDb4uu** · 04-13-2006, 04:53 PM

Hello everyone. I'm in the middle of developing a new web page for my future dojo in MN, and have a quick question about capitalization and word spacing.

When using japanese words in english sentences, do we capitalize them? (kata, iaito, katana, etc) Do we use italics?
Only the first instance?

When using terms specific to budo (ie kendo, iaido, musoshindenryu) do we capitalize it? Italicize it?

How do we space words that are combined? (ie musoshindenryu or muso shin den ryu or musoshinden ryu)
It's all very confusing.
Any help would be appreciated.

In my Japanese history classes we were always taught to italicize Japanese words unless they were proper nouns, in which case we'd capitalize the word.

04-13-2006, 04:53 PM	#2
ibiDb4uu Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 490 Senior Member	Hello everyone. I'm in the middle of developing a new web page for my future dojo in MN, and have a quick question about capitalization and word spacing. When using japanese words in english sentences, do we capitalize them? (kata, iaito, katana, etc) Do we use italics? Only the first instance? When using terms specific to budo (ie kendo, iaido, musoshindenryu) do we capitalize it? Italicize it? How do we space words that are combined? (ie musoshindenryu or muso shin den ryu or musoshinden ryu) It's all very confusing. Any help would be appreciated. In my Japanese history classes we were always taught to italicize Japanese words unless they were proper nouns, in which case we'd capitalize the word.
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