ロマン

Japanese

Alternative spellings
浪漫 浪曼

Alternative forms

• ローマン (rōman), 浪(ろう)漫(まん) (rōman), 浪(ろう)曼(まん) (rōman)

Etymology

From French roman.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ロ​マン [róꜜmàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾo̞mã̠ɴ]

Noun

ロマン • (roman) 

1. dream, ideal

   男(おとこ)のロマン

   otoko no roman

   a man's dream

   宇(う)宙(ちゅう)ってロマンですね。

   Uchū tte roman desu ne.

   Outer space truly rouses the imagination and spirit.

   ロマンが溢(あふ)れる／詰(つ)まった世(せ)界(かい)

   roman ga afureru／tsumatta sekai

   a world brimming with / filled with romanticity

2. a novel, especially of romanticism
   • 1926, 犬田卯, 加藤武雄, 農民文芸の研究 [study of peasant literature]‎^[1]:

     日本(にほん)にも百姓生活(ひゃくしょうせいかつ)のロマンが有(あ)って然(しか)るべきであると思(おも)う。

     Nihon nimo hyakushō seikatsu no roman ga atte shikaru beki de aru to omō.

     I think Japan should have its own novels of the peasantry as well.

3. romance

   『浪(ろ)漫(まん)飛(ひ)行(こう)』

   “Roman Hikō”

   Romantic Flight (1990 hit song by Kome Kome Club)

Synonyms

• (dream): 夢(ゆめ) (yume), 理(り)想(そう) (risō)
• (a novel): 小(しょう)説(せつ) (shōsetsu)

Derived terms

• 浪漫派(ろまんは) (romanha, “romanticist”)
• 浪漫的(ろまんてき) (romanteki, “romantic”)
• 浪漫主義(ろまんしゅぎ) (romanshugi, “romanticism”)

Descendants

• → Korean: 로망 (romang)

Proper noun

ロマン • (Roman) 

1. Roman (given name or family name)