Kanji or Romanji?

[thinkingoutloud89]

Hey I have now my own Internet (yeah I´m getting on your nervs 24/7 now...congrats hehe) anyways I´m also getting my WMP Tacklist new...ya know with Covers, and a real tarcklist, and the right artist and everything right tagegd....so i wanted to ask...for last.fm...should I name the titels in Kanji 8as far as they are in real) or in Romanji.

For Example:

Koda Kumi - 奇跡
or
Koda Kumi - kiseki

help me out....i can´t decide

[sora2522]

ALWAYS go with kanji >D

[Sweet_Ai]

I always go with Kanji unless it is the artist's name, or unless the title of the song isn't like that on the original cd. Anyways, it helps a lot with being able to read kanji because once you know the sound of that symbol you will be able to read other songs with that symbol.

[ll moments ll]

for me, i put both artist name & song in kanji form. XD i used to put it in romaji, but having the name in kanji really helped me with recognizing Japanese characters!

[Calico]

i just got done retagging all my stuff for WMP on my laptop. XD

This is my rule of thumb: I tag the title as whatever the official tracklist says. The PPN Wiki is pretty good at replicating this. Because even some "English" titles are represented in katakana by certain artists.

[namiie]

I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand, I prefer people tag in kanji regardless of their understanding of Japanese because it keeps all the songs more organized, but on the other hand I don't think you should tag something that you won't be able to read or comprehend. I tag in kanji because I'm studying Japanese and it speeds up my mastery of kanji (not to mention I dislike romaji readings in general when reading Japanese since one word can be romanized different ways) but for those who aren't learning it can be confusing.

[thinkingoutloud89]

Okay thank you I started to re atg everything (It will take years!) but It looks so damn cool^^ And I can read Kingyo already hehe...and few other...it really helps...I will also retag my I-pod...thank you so much I luv it that way....

[Corybobory]

Since my study of Japanese has ben abandoned for a year or two while I pursue other languages and until I go there to teach for a year, I leave all my songs in romaji for simple comprehension. I have my Korean, Russian, Thai, Hebew, Arabic songs all in roman letters too, so I just like to be consistent

[Mirai Noah]

^ Me too! Although I study Japanese, I prefer to have my titles and artists names romanized, because I don't speak Korean/Chinese/Russian etc. (and therefore cannot read those titles/artist names in their original script). I like all to be consistent, and also in (English) alphabetical order.

[fanmail]

eh, I like having them as kanji, or however they appear on the CD. EG Ayu's "Hana" doesn't use the kanji, so I won't. But Koda Kumi's "Hana" does use the kanji, so I will.

and, people are very anal aboutt ags on Last FM, so I would use it according to the official tracklistings ^_~

[Diego-kun]

That's a good question! I always use kanji when the songs are written in cover/tracklist like that. It's really good because I've learnt many of them reading the titles of the song! However, there are times when I use romaji but the 90% of my songs are written in kanji.

[Keishi]

I can go on for an hour in google just to look for one song by Emiko Shiratori that nobody ever heard before, for the right kanji/title/cover art, etc. Yes, I'm very anal when it comes to this tagging.


Although I recently left 3 of my Persona OST CDs in romaji due to...eh, comprehension purpose.
I finally made up my mind that I should left my Game/Anime soundtrack mp3s on romaji if I have like the whole CD since it's very confusing.

[Hazuki]

If you can read the Kanji/Katakana/Hiragana, you should put it like that. If not, it's best to stay with Romaji, or else you might not recognize the song~

[greggerz189]

However you prefer to read it, really. For me, the more complex, the better. Good practice. ^__^

[Kobayashiwoof]

isnt it Romaji not Romanji?

anyway~ i used to put the them in romaji but now i dont really care

[Mirai Noah]

^ Yeah, it's actually romaji.

[sora2522]

really? i thought it was romanji XD

[famitsudc]

Originally Posted by sora2522

really? i thought it was romanji XD

Nope, it's Rōmaji.

[thinkingoutloud89]

Oh sorry...I never read the word so close...i always tought there is a n inside XD