Can I use only Roman characters to search Japanese language materials?

カテゴリ: 1.1. How to Search the Library Book Collection

By placing a "$" symbol in front of Roman characters used for search values, you can convert the Roman characters into Katakana characters to perform a search.

Writing in the official Kana romanization system and the Hepburn system is supported.
The Roman alphabet doesn't correspond to the long vowel character. For example, please enter "$kiwado" not "$kiwado" when you want to get the same result in the "キーワード."
_ means a blank.

Entry example	Search results	Example of hit
$genji	It will be shown the same search results in the keywords "ゲンジ" (genji in katakana).	源氏世界の文学源氏物語の人と心源氏物語の世界
$syamisen+$wahuu	It will be shown the same search results in the keywords "シャミセン+ワフウ"(syamisen+wahuu in katanaka).	玉菊とその三味線和風和風と洋式
$nihon_$amerika	It will be shown the same search results in the keywords "ニホン_アメリカ"(nihon_amerika in katanaka).	日米関係キーワードアメリカの心・日本の心日米同盟