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I have seen two variations of this and I am confused now:

>   1. chōshoku
>   2. Choushoku
>

The second one makes the most sense to me but I am not 100% certain if it is
correct. If the first one is correct then can someone explain to me why as I
cannot see that there is a long "o"?
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How do I convert ちょうしょく to rōmaji with the modified Hepburn system?
According to the [Wikipedia page for Hepburn
romanization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepburn_romanization), long vowels
are generally notated with the macron (line above). In the case of ちょうしょく, it
would become **chōshoku**.

It is important to point out that in Japanese, a long O sound ō is made by
both either おう or おお. That is maybe why the second one makes more sense.

The exception to the rule of using the macron is when the same vowel comes
from a different word. The given example is 邪悪【じゃあく】, which **jaaku** because
the first character is **ja** and the second is **aku**.
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