Ookami or Okami?

[Mikita]

okii thanks for your help i think im going to go Ookami again tyvm for the help

Late to the discussion, but as a Japanese speaker I wanted to chime in that I think you made the right choice. ^^

There are several ways to write Japanese with the roman alphabet, and all 3 are acceptable: Okami, Ookami, Ohkami

"Ookami" is the clearest and avoids confusion.

"Okami" hints at a short "o" and as others have noted, actually has a few different meanings other than "wolf".

"Ohkami" probably gives the right pronunciation hint, but my impression is that you will usually see this style used for names on things like business cards when the intended recipient is non-Japanese and wouldn't otherwise know how to pronounce the name correctly.

[kyuven]

"Ohkami" probably gives the right pronunciation hint, but my impression is that you will usually see this style used for names on things like business cards when the intended recipient is non-Japanese and wouldn't otherwise know how to pronounce the name correctly.

"ohkami" implies it's "おうかみ” though
when it's おおかみ

[Mikita]

"ohkami" implies it's "おうかみ” though
when it's おおかみ

Not always.
I believe "Oh" can represent either "おお" or "おう" since it is more of a phonetic representation, versus a romanization based on the written characters.

For example, names like the ones below could all be written with the "Oh" even though they are "おお"
(I actually know people with these names who write them with "Oh" on their 名刺)

大柳 - おおやぎ
大野 - おおの
大家 - おおや

[kyuven]

Not always.
I believe "Oh" can represent either "おお" or "おう" since it is more of a phonetic representation, versus a romanization based on the written characters.

For example, names like the ones below could all be written with the "Oh" even though they are "おお"
(I actually know people with these names who write them with "Oh" on their 名刺)

大柳 - おおやぎ
大野 - おおの
大家 - おおや

Yeah and it kinda annoy me when they do it >_>
Japanese transliteration is annoying as hell. I actually did a report on it.

[Conradus]

which is the correct spelling to mean wolf iv been trying to search and some people say one O and others say it is Oo

any help would be much appreciated

"Correct" spelling in these cases is a matter of taste, since these words are not normally spelled with the Latin alphabet. The first syllable is a long "o", so Ookami might be regarded as more correct. Or you could put a macron over the o, if your text entry allows it.

[Jeykama]

Tbh it really doesn't matter. The Japanese way of romanticizing their alphabet (which is called nihonshiki romaji) doesn't distinguish between short, long O (ou), or double O (oo) sounds. In Hepburn romaji (which is what you're taught in English > Japanese classes for learning purposes) it is spelled Ookami, but in nihonshiki it's just Okami. Which leads to all sorts of puns about dogs and gods like a certain video game.

[Alipoprocks]

Haven't taken Japanese classes in a very long time, so I don't remember much nor do I know much about it. But I kinda remember double letters are to denote a pause in the pronunciation. So ookami would be pronounced o kami instead of okami. If I remember correctly.

[Sagittarian]

Haven't taken Japanese classes in a very long time, so I don't remember much nor do I know much about it. But I kinda remember double letters are to denote a pause in the pronunciation. So ookami would be pronounced o kami instead of okami. If I remember correctly.

The double letter you are referring to is used when there is a small "tsu" つ , like in my character name 熱心な or ねっしんな (ne-shin na) in hiragana. The small tsu is "used for indicating a voiced consonant in the middle of a compound word".

The issue with 狼 is that English and Japanese don't have a good way to indicate long/short vowels. You could even write it Ohkami if you wanted to make the English pronunciation obvious.

[Quesse]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IC9KfOMwQU

Pronunciation at :04

[Warlyx]

who cares? cute wolverine is cute.