ロマン

• (Tokyo) ロマン [róꜜmàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɾo̞mã̠ɴ]

Borrowed from French roman.^[2][3][1] First cited to a text from the early 1890s.^[2] The kanji spelling 浪漫 is an example of ateji (当て字).^[2][3]

• ローマン (rōman), 浪(ろう)漫(まん) (rōman), 浪(ろう)曼(まん) (rōman)

ロマン • (roman) 

1. [from 1907] dream, ideal

   Synonyms: 夢(ゆめ) (yume), 理(り)想(そう) (risō)

   男(おとこ)のロマン

   otoko no roman

   a man's dream

   宇(う)宙(ちゅう)ってロマンですね。

   Uchū tte roman desu ne.

   Outer space truly rouses the imagination and spirit.

   ロマンが溢(あふ)れる／詰(つ)まった世(せ)界(かい)

   roman ga afureru／tsumatta sekai

   a world brimming with / filled with magic

2. [from 1935] a novel, especially of romanticism
   • 1926, 犬(いぬ)田卯(たしげる) (Inuta Shigeru), 加(か)藤武(とうたけ)雄(お) (Katō Takeo), 農(のう)民文(みんぶん)芸(げい)の研(けん)究(きゅう) (Nōmin bungei no kenkyū) [Study of peasant literature], Shunyodo, →DOI, page 74:

     日(に)本(ほん)にも百(ひゃく)姓(しょう)生(せい)活(かつ)のロマンが有(あ)って然(しか)るべきであると思(おも)う。

     Nihon nimo hyakushō seikatsu no roman ga atte shikaru beki de aru to omō.

     I think Japan should have its own novels of the peasantry as well.

3. [from 1890s] romance

   Synonym: 小(しょう)説(せつ) (shōsetsu)

   • 1987, Kome Kome Club, “浪(ろ)漫(まん)飛(ひ)行(こう) (Roman Hikō) [Romantic Flight]”, in Komeguny, Tokyo: CBS/Sony

• → Korean: 로망 (romang)

ロマン • (Roman) 

1. Roman (given name or family name)