ローマ字
Japanese
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字 |
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on’yomi |
Etymology
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.
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 (hiragana and katakana ローマじ, rōmaji rōmaji)
- Latin alphabet
- romaji (Japanese written in the standard 26-character latin script).
See also
- 漢字 (kanji)
- 平仮名 (hiragana)
- 片仮名 (katakana)
- ローマン体 (rōman tai)
References
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN