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For example, the word サッカー is "soccer" in English, but the romanization
"sakkā" bears little resemblance to the original word. Are there any loan
words in Japanese that preserve the spelling of the original language when
Hepburn romanization is applied?
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What loan words have a Hepburn romanization that matches the spelling of the original language?
Maybe you mean something like this:

> バナナ → banana  
>  ペン → pen

The pronunciation is never going to be exactly the same in both languages, but
I bet these could be understood pronounced with Japanese or English
pronunciation.
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