ローマ字

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ローマ字

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): [ɺ̠o̞ːma̠d͡ʑi]
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NounEdit

ローマ字 ‎(hiragana and katakana ローマじ, romaji rōmaji)

Latin alphabet
romaji (Japanese written in the standard 26-character latin script).

ReferencesEdit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

[NHK-2] 2.0 ^2.1 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

[SMK5-3] 3.0 ^3.1 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0

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