This template is used to produce a phonetic or phonemic representation (using the IPA system) of Japanese words or sounds, using natural spelling to avoid the need to search for the correct phonetic symbols. Natural spelling is used to avoid the need to search for the correct phonetic symbols. The result is wikilinked to Wikipedia:IPA for Japanese. Optionally, an audio file can also be specified.

The number of parameters is always limited to 33.

Usage is analogous to {{IPAc-pl}} (see that template page for examples).

The conversion system is coded in Template:c-ja.