ローマ字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
字
じ
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
羅馬字

Etymology

ローマ (“Rome, Roman”) +‎ 字 (“character”).

Note: There is no ン ("n") in ローマ字(じ) • (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

  • (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]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

ローマ字(じ) • (rōmaji) 

  1. Latin alphabet
  2. romaji (Japanese written in the standard 26-character latin script).
    • 1899 April 24th, 正(まさ)岡(おか)子(し)規(き) (Masaoka Shiki), 病(びょう)牀(しょう)譫(せん)語(ご) (Byōshō Sengo), 青(あお)空(ぞら)文(ぶん)庫(こ) POD (Aozora Bunko POD), published 2016, 五 (“5”), ¶ 7:
      羅馬字は長き字、短き字、広き字、狭き字、上に抜き出たる字、下に抜き出たる字などある故に、一の語には自ら一の形を生じ、従つて一見能くその語を区別しやすからしむ。
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    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:羅馬字.

See also

References

  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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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