ローマ字

Japanese
Kanji in this term
字
じ
Grade: 1
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

Noun

ローマ字 (hiragana and katakana ローマじ, rōmaji rōmaji)

  1. Latin alphabet
  2. romaji (Japanese written in the standard 26-character latin script).

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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