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

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。
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:羅馬字.

See also

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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