Template:ja-see/documentation

Soft-redirect template for Japanese entries, using Module:ja-see.

This template can be used to redirect alternative spellings to lemma entries. The advantage over ja is that: (1) This template can be the whole content under  or , so that you don't need to copy the PoS header and the headword template from the lemma entry to the alternative spelling entries. (2) The template offers a preview of the lemma entry, currently the definitions and the other alternative spellings (more can be added in the future).

See and  for examples.

Usage

 * 1 and 2, 3 ...
 * Entries to redirect to.


 * type and type1, type2, type3 ...
 * Type of the redirect, which explains the relation between the redirect entry and the main entry. Predifined types are:
 * rom: Romaji.
 * hira: Hiragana spelling.
 * kata: Katakana spelling.
 * hkana: Historical kana spelling.
 * kyu: Kyūjitai.
 * kyualt: Kyūjitai of an alternative form.
 * alt: Alternative form.
 * The template can usually detect the redirect types above by itself so this parameter is not needed for them.
 * eshin: Extended shinjitai.
 * Custom redirect types are also accepted:
 * an uncommon shinjitai form


 * key and key2, key3 ...
 * This parameter is a kana form used to further filter the alternative forms by reading. It is only used when alt or kyualt. It has no effect otherwise.

Requirements on the lemma entry
This template displays the relevant definitions on the entries it redirects to. Definitions are considered relevant if:
 * * In the case of rom, hira, kata, the title of the redirect entry should be consistent with a kana spelling in the headword templates.
 * * In the case of alt, kyualt, the title of the redirect entry (or its shinjitai form) should be listed in either or . If key exists, it should also be one of the kana spellings in the headword templates.
 * * In the case of kyu, the title of the redirect entry should be the kyūjitai of the main entry.
 * * In the case of all other redirect types, including custom ones, there is no requirement. All definitions found are considered relevant.

Etymology
This spelling is an example of, based on a reanalysis of the term as.

Etymology 2
... or

Etymology 1
This spelling is an example of, first attested in ….

Etymology 2
...

Kanji
...

Definitions
or

Kanji
...

Etymology
This spelling is ….

Definitions
(It is also okay to put the kanjitab immediately below the header.)

Note
Please use this template for alternative spellings in the Japanese script only. Alternative sound forms (e.g. ) and alternative spellings in other scripts (e.g. H) currently still use the old approach.