I've noticed that this site supports furigana for 漢字{かんじ} and ローマじ{romaji} and I think this is a great feature to aid Japanese learners. However, I'm not sure on the guidelines on when to use which in answers.
I think it's safe to assume that:
- Those asking questions in Kana can read answers in these scripts
- Those asking questions in Romaji cannot
However we cannot assume that:
Those posting questions with examples in Kanji can read other Kanji in answers
Only those who posted the question or at the same reading ability will wish to participate in answering or be interested in other answers
Since so many Japanese learners are familiar with Hiragana, I think it is safe to omit romaji from questions in Kana. However, would this be considered exclusionary for those that can't read Hiragana yet or can we expect them to learn to participate in these discussions? Should we require furigana for all uses of Kanji or should it similarly be expected that only those able to use Kanji need to read more advanced level grammatical discussions.
For a technical gripe: would it be possible to show romaji for 漢字{kanji}? Currently this is not supported.
[漢字]
and{kanji}
and it will show up as [漢字]{kanji}.