Template:Nihongo foot/doc

Syntax
{| class="wikitable" width="%80"
 * width="%50"| English (Kanji)

segment as being in Japanese Kanji, which helps user agents (web browsers and so on) to display it correctly. It also applies the  CSS class. The footnote generated is called using the.

Parameters
Parameters:
 * &lt;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;kanji/kana>. Required when &lt;rōmaji> is empty or omitted. The word as written using Japanese script (kanji, kana).
 * &lt;rōmaji>. Required when &lt;kanji/kana> is empty. Transliteration of the Japanese word, using Hepburn Romanization.
 * &lt;extra>. Optional. Can be used to add a gloss (particularly if there is no English form). Can also be expressed as a named parameter,
 * &lt;extra2>. Optional. Can also be expressed as a named parameter, . It is only useful in ";" definitions (extra2 will be displayed without bold, whereas text following the template will get the bold).
 * 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.
 * post=&lt;postscript>. Optional. Additional characters, such as commas, added after the visible English name but before the reference.
 * group&lt;group name>. Optional. Can be used to define a custom references group. The group is then called by using  instead of the normal.
 * lead=yes. Optional. This should be used for the first instance, usually a footnote in the lead. It gives the reader an idea what kind of non-English writing they are viewing.

Regular use
{| class="wikitable" border="0" width="%80"
 * width="%50"| English (英語)

or

to your common.css.

Error messaging
This template emits one error message of its own:
 * error: : Japanese or romaji text required

One of the positional parameters , the 'Japanese' referred to in the error message or    is required for proper operation of this template. Articles with these errors are collected in.

This error often occurs because the template is malformed:
 * instead of ; 東京タワー is in    instead of   .  To resolve this error, add the missing pipe.

Because this template uses and  which emit their own error messages, see the help text for those at:
 * – for error messages emitted by
 * – for error messages emitted by