ローマ字
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
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| 字 |
| じ Grade: 1 |
| on’yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
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| 羅馬字 |
Etymology
ローマ (“Rome, Roman”) + 字 (“character”).
Note: There is no ン ("n") in ローマ字 • (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
- Latin alphabet
- romaji (Japanese written in the standard 26-character latin script).
- 1899 April 24th, 正岡子規 (Masaoka Shiki), 病牀譫語 (Byōshō Sengo), 青空文庫 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
- ↑ 1.0 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN