romaji

See also: Romaji, rōmaji, and Rōmaji

English

Alternative forms

  • Roma-ji
  • Rōma-ji
  • roma-ji

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ローマ字 (ローマじ, rōmaji, literally “Roman letters”), from ローマ (Rōma, “Rome, Roman”) + 字 (じ, ji, “letter, character”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹəʊmədʒɪ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹoʊmədʒi/

Noun

romaji (uncountable)

  1. A representation of Japanese in Latin script.
    The romaji of the word ローマ字 is “rōmaji”.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ローマ字 (ローマじ, rōmaji, literally “roman letters”), from ローマ (Rōma, “Rome, Roman”) + 字 (じ, ji, “letter, character”).

Noun

romaji m (uncountable)

  1. romaji (romanization of Japanese)

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