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I have heard a Japanese teacher explain how long vowels should be pronounced
and how they should be written when using hiragana. That's what I saw on the
whiteboard:

> がっこう - gakko **o** , ( _not_ gakko **u** )

Is it correct? I understand that the sound is pretty much the same. But if
it's gakko **o** , then the hiragana version should be _がっこお_ , which is not
OK.
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On hiragana, romaji and pronunciation
Do you know there are several romanization systems, each of which treats long
vowels fairly differently? [This Wikipedia
article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Japanese) is a good
starter.

**がっこう**

  * Nihon-shiki/Kunrei-shiki system: **gakkô**
  * Hepburn system: **gakkō** (although there are [many variants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepburn_romanization#Variations))
  * Passport-shiki system: **gakko**
  * [JSL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSL_romanization): **gakkoo**
  * [Wāpuro style](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C4%81puro_r%C5%8Dmaji): **gakkou**

If your teacher is using JSL, "gakkoo" is the correct Romanized spelling.
Nevertheless, the only correct spelling in hiragana is がっこう.
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