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ローマン体 (rōman tai): An example of roman type as the Times New Roman font.
Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
ローマン體 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

Compound of ローマン (rōman, Roman) +‎ (tai, shape, type), as used in the term 書体 (shotai, script, font, style of type, literally writing + shape, type).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) ーマンた [ròómáń táꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • IPA(key): [ɾo̞ːmã̠n ta̠i]

Noun edit

ローマン(たい) (rōman tai

  1. roman type, a roman typeface, as contrasted with italics or bold

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.