ローマ字
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JapaneseEdit
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 字 |
| じ Grade: 1 |
| on’yomi |
EtymologyEdit
ローマ (“Rome, Roman”) + 字 (“character”).
Note that it is not ×ローマン字 (rōmanji) – ローマ is from Portuguese, not English; this is an easy mistake for English speakers to make. Compare however ローマン体, which does use ‘n’, because that word is borrowed from English.
PronunciationEdit
- (Tokyo) ローマじ [ròómájí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
- (Tokyo) ローマじ [ròómáꜜjì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2][3]
- IPA(key): [ɾo̞ːma̠ʑi]
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NounEdit
ローマ字 (hiragana and katakana ローマじ, rōmaji rōmaji)
- Latin alphabet
- romaji (Japanese written in the standard 26-character latin script).