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Grade: 1
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
羅馬字

Etymology edit

ローマ (Rome, Roman) +‎ (character).

Note: There is no ("n") in ローマ() (rōmaji. 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.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ローマ() (rōmaji

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

See also edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN