@Eirikr I don't like one particular thing about this template - it links to romaji. I think it should just show romanisation in a normal style, not cursive and not as a link. E.g. 饂飩 (うどん, udon). Do you insist on having it that way? --Anatoli (обсудить/вклад) 13:47, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
====Derived terms====.{{term}}, as in ローマ字 (rōmaji).{{ja-l}} template is also internally applying {{lang|ja}} to the romaji, which changes the display font (depending on your OS, browser, and Wiktionary preferences), which is a separate issue from just applying italics. Other users (I think it was Chuck Entz, and Michael Z.) have made the point that the {{lang}} metadata is important for accessibility purposes, such as screen readers and other assistive technologies. Consequently, I think {{ja-l}} should continue to apply {{lang|ja}} to the romaji, but perhaps we could change the font it uses, if you're having display problems with it. ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │ Tala við mig 20:52, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
{{ko-l}}?@Eirikr, Suzukaze-c Currently editors of Chinese and Korean have established the use of {{zh-l}} and {{ko-l}}, but editors of Japanese seems to be still using {{m|ja|...}}, despite the existence of this template. What about remodeling this template after {{ko-l}} to support more flexible arguments, like:
{{ja-l|われ}} produces われ (ware){{ja-l|やまとことば|大和言葉|Yamato-kotoba}} or {{ja-l|やまとことば|Yamato-kotoba|大和言葉}} produces やまとことば (大和言葉, Yamato-kotoba){{ja-l|漢語|かんご}} produces 漢語 (かんご, kango){{ja-l|われ|我|吾}} produces われ (我, 吾, ware){{ja-l|あお|青|his=awo}} produces あお (青, ao, historically awo)--Dine2016 (talk) 16:39, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
{{ja-l}}.tr= param in {{m}}, {{compound}}, and elsewhere led to some rather awful problems that should have been avoided. I'd like to not have us repeat that kind of mistake. ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 17:37, 17 August 2018 (UTC){{m|ja|...}} is well known and established, in line with other usage of {{m}} throughout the site. Meanwhile, {{ja-l}} has been less useful. I'm fine with expanding {{ja-l}}, but I would not be a fan of converting existing instances of {{m|ja|...}} en masse. ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 17:39, 17 August 2018 (UTC){{ja-l|あい|藍}} could link to あい#ja-藍 instead of just あい#Japanese, if ja-kanjitab can generate the anchors. --Dine2016 (talk) 09:54, 18 August 2018 (UTC)Currently, the romaji is tagged as "lang=ja", resulting in a Japanese font being applied. What it should have instead is "lang=ja-Latn". Opencooper (talk) 18:58, 25 August 2019 (UTC)