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ローマ字 — meaning in English

rōmaji

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English meaning

  • romaji noun A representation of Japanese in Latin script.
  • roman adj Relating to the city of Rome or the ancient Roman Empire.

Senses

ローマ字 is used for these senses in English:

  • Latin alphabet The 26-letter alphabet consisting of the following letters (presented in majuscule and minuscule pairs):
  • Roman (uncountable) The Roman script.
  • Romanization (usually, uncountable) The act or process of putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet, by means such as transliteration and transcription.
  • romaja A representation of Korean in Latin script.
  • romaji A representation of Japanese in Latin script.

roman — full definition

  1. adj Relating to the city of Rome or the ancient Roman Empire.
  2. adj Describing upright, non-slanted print type, as opposed to italic.
  3. noun A native or resident of Rome.

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