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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Restored revision 1014499540 by &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Special:Contributions/Trappist_the_monk&quot; title=&quot;Special:Contributions/Trappist the monk&quot;&gt;Trappist the monk&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Trappist_the_monk&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;User talk:Trappist the monk (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;talk&lt;/a&gt;): See talk; reversing CSS spacing changes pending wider consensus/RfC&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;--[[--------------------------&amp;lt; N I H O N G O _ E R R O R &amp;gt;----------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
creates an error message for {{nihongo}}, {{nihongo3}}, {{nihongo krt}}, and {{nihongo foot}} when these template are missing &amp;lt;japanese&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
or &amp;lt;romaji&amp;gt; inputs; names the offending template, links to template page, and adds article to Category:Nihongo template errors&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
local function nihongo_error (template)&lt;br /&gt;
	local msg = {&amp;#039;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;error&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-size:100%&amp;quot;&amp;gt;error: {{&amp;#039;};&lt;br /&gt;
	table.insert (msg, template);&lt;br /&gt;
	table.insert (msg, &amp;#039;}}: Japanese or romaji text required ([[Template:&amp;#039;);&lt;br /&gt;
	table.insert (msg, template);&lt;br /&gt;
	table.insert (msg, &amp;#039;|help]])&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;#039;);&lt;br /&gt;
	if 0 == mw.title.getCurrentTitle().namespace then&lt;br /&gt;
		table.insert (msg, &amp;#039;[[Category:Nihongo template errors]]&amp;#039;);&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	return table.concat (msg);	&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--[[--------------------------&amp;lt; N I H O N G O _ R E N D E R E R &amp;gt;----------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
shared support function for nihingo(), nihongo3(), and nihongo_foot().  Calculates an index into formatting{}&lt;br /&gt;
from set/unset parameters:&lt;br /&gt;
	args[1] (english) has a value of 8 (set) or 0 (unset)&lt;br /&gt;
	args[2] (japanese) has a value of 4&lt;br /&gt;
	args[3] (romaji) has a value of 2&lt;br /&gt;
	args[4] (extra) has a value of 1&lt;br /&gt;
index, the sum of these values, gets the appropriate format string from formatting{} table with associated values&lt;br /&gt;
from the formatting[index][2] table&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
local function nihongo_renderer (args, formatting, extra2)&lt;br /&gt;
	local output;&lt;br /&gt;
	local index = 0;															-- index into formatting{}&lt;br /&gt;
	local param_weight = {8, 4, 2, 1};											-- binary parameter weights: [1] = english (8), [2] = japanese (4), [3] = romaji (2), [4] = extra (1)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	for i=1, 5 do																-- spin through args[1] – args[4]&lt;br /&gt;
		index = index + (args[i] and param_weight[i] or 0);						-- calculate an index into formatting{}&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	output = (0 ~= index) and string.format (formatting[index][1] and formatting[index][1], formatting[index][2][1], formatting[index][2][2], formatting[index][2][3], formatting[index][2][4]) or nil;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	if extra2 then																-- always just attached to the end (if there is an end) so not part of formatting{}&lt;br /&gt;
		output = output and (output .. &amp;#039; &amp;#039; .. extra2) or &amp;#039;&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt;&amp;#039; .. extra2;	-- &amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;/5p4n&amp;gt;: place holders for font-weight style spans; akin to stripmarkers, to be replaced&lt;br /&gt;
	end																			-- (nihongo and nihongo3) or removed (nihongo foot)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	return output and (output .. &amp;#039;&amp;lt;/5p4n&amp;gt;&amp;#039;) or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;;								-- where there is output, add secret tag close&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--[=[-------------------------&amp;lt; N I H O N G O &amp;gt;----------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
An experiment to see how to implement {{nihongo}} using Module:Lang for language and transliteration markup&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Nihongo|&amp;lt;English&amp;gt;|&amp;lt;japanese&amp;gt;|&amp;lt;romaji&amp;gt;|&amp;lt;extra&amp;gt;|&amp;lt;extra2&amp;gt;|lead=yes}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;English&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;japanese&amp;gt;, and &amp;lt;romaji&amp;gt; are positional parameters&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;lt;English&amp;gt;: rendered as presented; purports to be English translation of &amp;lt;kanji/kana&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;lt;japanese&amp;gt;: Japanese language text using Japanese script; TODO: require?&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;lt;romaji&amp;gt;: Hepburn romanization (transliteration); TODO: in Module:Lang/data change tooltip text to &amp;#039;Hepburn romanization&amp;#039;?&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;extra&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;extra2&amp;gt; are positional or named: |extra= and |extra2=; mixing can be problematic&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;lt;extra&amp;gt; is rendered as presented preceeded with &amp;lt;comma&amp;gt;&amp;lt;space&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;lt;extra2&amp;gt; is rendered as presented preceeded with &amp;lt;space&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|lead=: takes one value &amp;#039;yes&amp;#039;; renders language name same as {{lang-ja}} but also adds [[Hepburn romanization|Hepburn]]:&amp;lt;space&amp;gt; ahead of the romanization; TODO: in Module:Lang, turnoff tooltip for transl when |lead=yes&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
]=]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
local function nihongo (frame)&lt;br /&gt;
	local lang_module = require (&amp;#039;Module:Lang&amp;#039; .. (frame:getTitle():match (&amp;#039;/sandbox&amp;#039;) or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;));	-- if this module is the sandbox, use Module:lang/sandbox; Module:Lang else&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	local args = require (&amp;#039;Module:Arguments&amp;#039;).getArgs (frame);&lt;br /&gt;
	&lt;br /&gt;
	local english, japanese, romaji, extra, extra2 = args[1], args[2], args[3], args.extra or args[4], args.extra2 or args[5];	-- meaningful names&lt;br /&gt;
	args[4] = extra or args[4];													-- ensure that extra is &amp;#039;positional&amp;#039; for use by nihongo_renderer()&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	local lead = &amp;#039;yes&amp;#039; == args.lead;											-- make boolean&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	if not (japanese or romaji) then											-- not present, return an error message&lt;br /&gt;
		return nihongo_error (&amp;#039;nihongo&amp;#039;);&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
	if japanese then&lt;br /&gt;
		japanese = lead and lang_module._lang_xx_inherit ({[&amp;#039;code&amp;#039;]=&amp;#039;ja&amp;#039;, japanese, [&amp;#039;template&amp;#039;]=&amp;#039;nihongo&amp;#039;}) or lang_module._lang ({&amp;#039;ja&amp;#039;, japanese, [&amp;#039;template&amp;#039;]=&amp;#039;nihongo&amp;#039;});	-- add ja script with/without language prefix&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
	if romaji then&lt;br /&gt;
		romaji = (lead and english and &amp;#039;[[Hepburn romanization|Hepburn]]: &amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;) .. lang_module._transl ({&amp;#039;ja&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;hepburn&amp;#039;, romaji}) or nil;&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
	&lt;br /&gt;
	local formatting = {														-- &amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;/5p4n&amp;gt;: place holders for font-weight style spans; akin to stripmarkers, replaced  before function returns&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt;(%s)&amp;#039;, {extra}}, 												-- 1 - (extra)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt;&amp;#039;, {romaji}},													-- 2 - romaji&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt; (%s)&amp;#039;, {romaji, extra}},										-- 3 - romaji (extra)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt;(%s)&amp;#039;, {japanese}},												-- 4 - japanese&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt;(%s, %s)&amp;#039;, {japanese, extra}},									-- 5 - (japanese, extra)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt; (%s)&amp;#039;, {romaji, japanese}},									-- 6 - romaji (japanese)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt; (%s, %s)&amp;#039;, {romaji, japanese, extra}},						-- 7 - romaji (japanese, extra)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt;&amp;#039;, {english}},												-- 8 - english&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt; (%s)&amp;#039;, {english, extra}},									-- 9 - english (extra)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt; (%s)&amp;#039;, {english, romaji}},									-- 10 - english (romaji)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt; (%s, %s)&amp;#039;, {english, romaji, extra}},						-- 11 - english (romaji, extra)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt; (%s)&amp;#039;, {english, japanese}},									-- 12 - english (japanese)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt; (%s, %s)&amp;#039;, {english, japanese, extra}},						-- 13 - english (japanese, extra)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt; (%s, %s)&amp;#039;, {english, japanese, romaji}},						-- 14 - english (japanese, romaji)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt; (%s, %s, %s)&amp;#039;, {english, japanese, romaji, extra}},			-- 15 - english (japanese, romaji, extra)&lt;br /&gt;
		}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	local ret_string = nihongo_renderer (args, formatting, extra2)&lt;br /&gt;
	ret_string = ret_string:gsub (&amp;#039;&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: normal&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;#039;):gsub (&amp;#039;&amp;lt;/5p4n&amp;gt;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;#039;);	-- replace &amp;#039;secret&amp;#039; tags with proper tags&lt;br /&gt;
	return ret_string;															-- because gsub returns the number of replacements made as second return value&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--[=[-------------------------&amp;lt; N I H O N G O 3 &amp;gt;--------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
An experiment to see how to implement {{nihongo3}} using Module:Lang for language and transliteration markup&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Similar to {{nihongo}} but changes rendered order and does not support |lead=&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Nihongo3|&amp;lt;English&amp;gt;|&amp;lt;japanese&amp;gt;|&amp;lt;romaji&amp;gt;|&amp;lt;extra&amp;gt;|&amp;lt;extra2&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;English&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;japanese&amp;gt;, and &amp;lt;romaji&amp;gt; are positional parameters&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;lt;English&amp;gt;: rendered as presented; purports to be English translation of &amp;lt;kanji/kana&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;lt;japanese&amp;gt;: Japanese language text using Japanese script; TODO: require?&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;lt;romaji&amp;gt;: Hepburn romanization (transliteration); TODO: in Module:Lang/data change tooltip text to &amp;#039;Hepburn romanization&amp;#039;?&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;extra&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;extra2&amp;gt; are positional or named: |extra= and |extra2=; mixing can be problematic&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;lt;extra&amp;gt; is rendered as presented preceeded with &amp;lt;comma&amp;gt;&amp;lt;space&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;lt;extra2&amp;gt; is rendered as presented preceeded with &amp;lt;space&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
]=]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
local function nihongo3 (frame)&lt;br /&gt;
	local lang_module = require (&amp;#039;Module:Lang&amp;#039; .. (frame:getTitle():match (&amp;#039;/sandbox&amp;#039;) or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;));	-- if this module is the sandbox, use Module:lang/sandbox; Module:Lang else&lt;br /&gt;
	local args = require (&amp;#039;Module:Arguments&amp;#039;).getArgs (frame);&lt;br /&gt;
	&lt;br /&gt;
	local english, japanese, romaji, extra, extra2 = args[1], args[2], args[3], args.extra or args[4], args.extra2 or args[5];	-- meaningful names&lt;br /&gt;
	args[4] = extra or args[4];													-- ensure that extra is &amp;#039;positional&amp;#039; for use by nihongo_renderer()&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	if not (japanese or romaji) then											-- not present, return an error message&lt;br /&gt;
		return nihongo_error (&amp;#039;nihongo3&amp;#039;);&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
	japanese = japanese and lang_module._lang ({&amp;#039;ja&amp;#039;, japanese}) or nil;&lt;br /&gt;
	romaji = romaji and lang_module._transl ({&amp;#039;ja&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;hepburn&amp;#039;, romaji}) or nil;&lt;br /&gt;
	&lt;br /&gt;
	local formatting = {														-- &amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;/5p4n&amp;gt;: place holders for font-weight style spans; akin to stripmarkers, replaced  before function returns&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt;(%s)&amp;#039;, {extra}}, 												-- 1 - (extra)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt;&amp;#039;, {romaji}},													-- 2 - romaji&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt; (%s)&amp;#039;, {romaji, extra}},										-- 3 - romaji (extra)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt;(%s)&amp;#039;, {japanese}},												-- 4 - japanese&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt;(%s, %s)&amp;#039;, {japanese, extra}},									-- 5 - (japanese, extra)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt; (%s)&amp;#039;, {romaji, japanese}},									-- 6 - romaji (japanese)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt; (%s, %s)&amp;#039;, {romaji, japanese, extra}},						-- 7 - romaji (japanese, extra)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt;&amp;#039;, {english}},												-- 8 - english&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt; (%s)&amp;#039;, {english, extra}},									-- 9 - english (extra)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt; (%s)&amp;#039;, {romaji, english}},									-- 10 - romaji (english)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt; (%s, %s)&amp;#039;, {romaji, english, extra}},						-- 11 - romaji (english, extra)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt; (%s)&amp;#039;, {english, japanese}},									-- 12 - english (japanese)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt; (%s, %s)&amp;#039;, {english, japanese, extra}},						-- 13 - english (japanese, extra)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt; (%s, %s)&amp;#039;, {romaji, japanese, english}},						-- 14 - romaji (japanese, english)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt; (%s, %s, %s)&amp;#039;, {romaji, japanese, english, extra}},			-- 15 - romaji (japanese, english, extra)&lt;br /&gt;
		}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	local ret_string = nihongo_renderer (args, formatting, extra2)&lt;br /&gt;
	ret_string = ret_string:gsub (&amp;#039;&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: normal&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;#039;):gsub (&amp;#039;&amp;lt;/5p4n&amp;gt;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;#039;);	-- replace &amp;#039;secret&amp;#039; tags with proper tags&lt;br /&gt;
	return ret_string;															-- because gsub returns the number of replacements made as second return value&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--[=[-------------------------&amp;lt; N I H O N G O   K R T &amp;gt;--------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
An experiment to see how to implement {{nihongo krt}} using Module:Lang for language and transliteration markup&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Similar to {{nihongo}} but changes rendered order and does not support |lead=&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Nihongo krt|&amp;lt;English&amp;gt;|&amp;lt;japanese&amp;gt;|&amp;lt;romaji&amp;gt;|&amp;lt;extra&amp;gt;|&amp;lt;extra2&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;English&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;japanese&amp;gt;, and &amp;lt;romaji&amp;gt; are positional parameters&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;lt;English&amp;gt;: rendered as presented; purports to be English translation of &amp;lt;kanji/kana&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;lt;japanese&amp;gt;: Japanese language text using Japanese script; TODO: require?&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;lt;romaji&amp;gt;: Hepburn romanization (transliteration); TODO: in Module:Lang/data change tooltip text to &amp;#039;Hepburn romanization&amp;#039;?&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;lt;extra&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;extra2&amp;gt; are positional or named: |extra= and |extra2=; mixing can be problematic&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;lt;extra&amp;gt; is rendered as presented preceeded with &amp;lt;comma&amp;gt;&amp;lt;space&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;lt;extra2&amp;gt; is rendered as presented preceeded with &amp;lt;space&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
]=]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
local function nihongokrt (frame)&lt;br /&gt;
	local lang_module = require (&amp;#039;Module:Lang&amp;#039; .. (frame:getTitle():match (&amp;#039;/sandbox&amp;#039;) or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;));	-- if this module is the sandbox, use Module:lang/sandbox; Module:Lang else&lt;br /&gt;
	local args = require (&amp;#039;Module:Arguments&amp;#039;).getArgs (frame);&lt;br /&gt;
	&lt;br /&gt;
	local english, japanese, romaji, extra, extra2 = args[1], args[2], args[3], args.extra or args[4], args.extra2 or args[5];	-- meaningful names&lt;br /&gt;
	args[4] = extra or args[4];													-- ensure that extra is &amp;#039;positional&amp;#039; for use by nihongo_renderer()&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	if not (japanese or romaji) then											-- not present, return an error message&lt;br /&gt;
		return nihongo_error (&amp;#039;nihongo krt&amp;#039;);&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
	japanese = japanese and lang_module._lang ({&amp;#039;ja&amp;#039;, japanese}) or nil;&lt;br /&gt;
	romaji = romaji and lang_module._transl ({&amp;#039;ja&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;hepburn&amp;#039;, romaji}) or nil;&lt;br /&gt;
	&lt;br /&gt;
	local formatting = {														-- &amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;/5p4n&amp;gt;: place holders for font-weight style spans; akin to stripmarkers, replaced  before function returns&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt;(%s)&amp;#039;, {extra}}, 												-- 1 - (extra)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt;&amp;#039;, {romaji}},													-- 2 - romaji&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt; (%s)&amp;#039;, {romaji, extra}},										-- 3 - romaji (extra)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt;%s&amp;#039;, {japanese}},												-- 4 - japanese&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt;%s (%s)&amp;#039;, {japanese, extra}},									-- 5 - japanese (extra)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt;%s (%s)&amp;#039;, {japanese, romaji}},									-- 6 - japanese (romaji)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt;%s (%s, %s)&amp;#039;, {japanese, romaji, extra}},						-- 7 - japanese (romaji, extra)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt;&amp;#039;, {english}},												-- 8 - english&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt; (%s)&amp;#039;, {english, extra}},									-- 9 - english (extra)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt; (%s)&amp;#039;, {romaji, english}},									-- 10 - romaji (english)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt; (%s, %s)&amp;#039;, {romaji, english, extra}},						-- 11 - romaji (english, extra)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt;%s (%s)&amp;#039;, {japanese, english}},									-- 12 - japanese (english)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt;%s (%s, %s)&amp;#039;, {japanese, english, extra}},						-- 13 - japanese (english, extra)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt;%s (%s, %s)&amp;#039;, {japanese, romaji, english}},						-- 14 - japanese (romaji, english)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt;%s (%s, %s, %s)&amp;#039;, {japanese, romaji, english, extra}},			-- 15 - japanese (romaji, english, extra)&lt;br /&gt;
		}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	local ret_string = nihongo_renderer (args, formatting, extra2)&lt;br /&gt;
	ret_string = ret_string:gsub (&amp;#039;&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: normal&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;#039;):gsub (&amp;#039;&amp;lt;/5p4n&amp;gt;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;#039;);	-- replace &amp;#039;secret&amp;#039; tags with proper tags&lt;br /&gt;
	return ret_string;															-- because gsub returns the number of replacements made as second return value&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--[=[-------------------------&amp;lt; N I H O N G O _ F O O T &amp;gt;------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
An experiment to see how to implement {{nihongo_foot}} using Module:Lang for language and transliteration markup&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Nihongo foot|&amp;lt;English&amp;gt;|&amp;lt;japanese&amp;gt;|&amp;lt;romaji&amp;gt;|&amp;lt;extra&amp;gt;|&amp;lt;extra2&amp;gt;|&amp;lt;post&amp;gt;|lead=yes|group}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;English&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;japanese&amp;gt;, and &amp;lt;romaji&amp;gt; are positional parameters&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;lt;English&amp;gt;: rendered as presented; purports to be English translation of &amp;lt;kanji/kana&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;lt;japanese&amp;gt;: Japanese language text using Japanese script; TODO: require?&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;lt;romaji&amp;gt;: Hepburn romanization (transliteration); TODO: in Module:Lang/data change tooltip text to &amp;#039;Hepburn romanization&amp;#039;?&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;extra&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;extra2&amp;gt; are positional or named: |extra= and |extra2=; mixing can be problematic&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;lt;extra&amp;gt; is rendered as presented preceeded with &amp;lt;comma&amp;gt;&amp;lt;space&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;lt;extra2&amp;gt; is rendered as presented preceeded with &amp;lt;space&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;post&amp;gt; is positional or named: |post= is a postscript character preceding the &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;..&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; tag (after &amp;lt;English&amp;gt;)&lt;br /&gt;
|lead=: takes one value &amp;#039;yes&amp;#039;; renders language name same as {{lang-ja}} but also adds [[Hepburn romanization|Hepburn]]:&amp;lt;space&amp;gt; ahead of the romanization;&lt;br /&gt;
	TODO: in Module:Lang, turnoff tooltip for transl when |lead=yes&lt;br /&gt;
	in the live template |lead= also adds the Help:Installing Japanese character sets link; this is not supported in this code (nihongo nor nihongo3 have this support)&lt;br /&gt;
|group=: the group attribute in &amp;lt;ref group=&amp;quot;...&amp;quot;&amp;gt; and in {{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
]=]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
local function nihongo_foot (frame)&lt;br /&gt;
	local lang_module = require (&amp;#039;Module:Lang&amp;#039; .. (frame:getTitle():match (&amp;#039;/sandbox&amp;#039;) or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;));	-- if this module is the sandbox, use Module:lang/sandbox; Module:Lang else&lt;br /&gt;
	local args = require (&amp;#039;Module:Arguments&amp;#039;).getArgs (frame);&lt;br /&gt;
	&lt;br /&gt;
	local english, japanese, romaji, extra, extra2 = args[1], args[2], args[3], args.extra or args[4], args.extra2 or args[5];	-- meaningful names&lt;br /&gt;
	args[4] = extra or args[4];													-- ensure that extra is &amp;#039;positional&amp;#039; for use by nihongo_renderer()&lt;br /&gt;
	local post = args[6] or args.post;&lt;br /&gt;
	local group = args.group;&lt;br /&gt;
	local ref_name = args.ref_name&lt;br /&gt;
	local lead = &amp;#039;yes&amp;#039; == args.lead;											-- make boolean&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	if not (japanese or romaji) then											-- not present, return an error message&lt;br /&gt;
		return nihongo_error (&amp;#039;nihongo foot&amp;#039;);&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
	if japanese then&lt;br /&gt;
		japanese = lead and lang_module._lang_xx_inherit ({[&amp;#039;code&amp;#039;]=&amp;#039;ja&amp;#039;, japanese}) or lang_module._lang ({&amp;#039;ja&amp;#039;, japanese});	-- add ja script with/without language prefix&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
	if romaji then&lt;br /&gt;
		romaji = (lead and &amp;#039;[[Hepburn romanization|Hepburn]]: &amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;) .. lang_module._transl ({&amp;#039;ja&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;hepburn&amp;#039;, romaji}) or nil;&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
	&lt;br /&gt;
	local formatting = {&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;#039;, {extra}}, 														-- 1 - extra&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;#039;, {romaji}},														-- 2 - romaji&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s, %s&amp;#039;, {romaji, extra}},											-- 3 - romaji, extra&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;#039;, {japanese}},														-- 4 - japanese&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s, %s&amp;#039;, {japanese, extra}},											-- 5 - japanese, extra&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s, %s&amp;#039;, {japanese, romaji}},											-- 6 - japanese romaji&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s, %s, %s&amp;#039;, {japanese, romaji, extra}},								-- 7 - japanese romaji, extra&lt;br /&gt;
																				-- from here english is used in the mapping but not rendered by nihongo_renderer so not included in the table&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, {&amp;#039;&amp;#039;}},																-- 8 - english&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;#039;, {extra}},														-- 9 - extra&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;#039;, {romaji}},														-- 10 - romaji&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s, %s&amp;#039;, {romaji, extra}},											-- 11 - romaji, extra&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s&amp;#039;, {japanese}},														-- 12 - japanese&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s, %s&amp;#039;, {japanese, extra}},											-- 13 - japanese, extra&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s, %s&amp;#039;, {japanese, romaji}},											-- 14 - japanese romaji&lt;br /&gt;
		{&amp;#039;%s, %s, %s&amp;#039;, {japanese, romaji, extra}},								-- 15 - japanese romaji, extra&lt;br /&gt;
		}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	if english and post then													-- rewrite english to include |post=&lt;br /&gt;
		english = english .. post;												-- if english has a value append post else just post&lt;br /&gt;
	elseif post then&lt;br /&gt;
		english = post;															-- english not set, use post&lt;br /&gt;
	elseif not english then														-- neither are set&lt;br /&gt;
		english = &amp;#039;&amp;#039;;															-- make english an empty string for concatenation&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	if japanese or romaji or extra or extra2 then								-- no ref tag when none of these are set (it would be empty)&lt;br /&gt;
		local content = nihongo_renderer (args, formatting, extra2);&lt;br /&gt;
		content = content:gsub (&amp;#039;&amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;):gsub (&amp;#039;&amp;lt;/5p4n&amp;gt;$&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;, 1);			-- strip secret &amp;lt;5p4n&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;/5p4n&amp;gt; tags added by nihongo_renderer(); spans not used by this template&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
		return english .. frame:extensionTag ({name=&amp;#039;ref&amp;#039;, args={group=group, name=ref_name}, content=content});	-- english with attached reference tag&lt;br /&gt;
	else&lt;br /&gt;
		return english;															-- nothing to be inside ref tag so just return english&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--[[--------------------------&amp;lt; E X P O R T E D   F U N C T I O N S &amp;gt;------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
return {&lt;br /&gt;
	nihongo = nihongo,&lt;br /&gt;
	nihongo3 = nihongo3,&lt;br /&gt;
	nihongokrt = nihongokrt,&lt;br /&gt;
	nihongo_foot = nihongo_foot,&lt;br /&gt;
	}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Wikipedia&gt;Goszei</name></author>
	</entry>
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