ローマ字
JapaneseEdit
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字 |
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羅馬字 |
EtymologyEdit
ローマ (“Rome, Roman”) + 字 (“character”).
Note that it is not *ローマン字 (*rōmanji) – ローマ is borrowed from Portuguese. Compare however ローマン体 (“roman type”), which uses ローマン; 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
- Latin alphabet
- romaji (Japanese written in the standard 26-character latin script).