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romaji

/ˈɹəʊməd͡ʒi/

romaji noun: a representation of Japanese in Latin script.

Noun

romaji (countable and uncountable, plural romajis)

  1. A representation of Japanese in Latin script.
    • The romaji of the word ローマ字 is “rōmaji”.
    • The katakana and the hiragana are syllabic forms of writing derived from Chinese characters, while the romaji are the letters used in writing most European languages.1977, Anthropology, volume 1, page 173

Proper noun capitalized: Romaji

Romaji

  1. Alternative letter-case form of romaji.

romaji meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Arabic

romaji in Hindi

romanization of Japanese
रोमाजी romājī, रोमनीकृत जापानी romnīkŕt jāpānī

romaji in Urdu

romanization of Japanese
رومن roman, روماجی romājī

romaji in Punjabi

romanization of Japanese
ਰੋਮਾਜੀ romājī

romaji in Arabic

romanization of Japanese
رُومَاجِي rūmajī, romajī
More languagesFewer languages
romaji in Malay
romaji, Romaji
romaji in Persian
روماجی româji
romaji in Thai
โรมะจิ roo-má-jì, โรมาจิ roo-maa-jì
romaji in Vietnamese
chữ cái Latinh, chữ Latinh

Examples of romaji in a sentence

  • For example, in Japanese advertisements sexy and my house often appear in romaji, making the underlying concepts of eroticism and private ownership more exotic.2006, Ralph Fasold, Jeffrey Connor-Linton, An Introduction to Language and Linguistics, page 410:
  • Because many of them can touch-type the romajis for the kanas, the O-code with kana-kanji conversion is more accessible.2011, T Okadome, J Nakajima, S Ito, K Kakusho, “An Accessible Coded Input Method for Japanese Extensive Writing”, in Proceedings of the...

Forms of romaji

pluralromajis
alternative formRomaji
alternative formRōmaji
alternative formRoma-ji
alternative formRōma-ji
alternative formroma-ji
alternative formrōmaji
alternative form (nonstandard)romanji

Origin of romaji

Transliteration from Japanese ローマ字(じ) (rōmaji, literally “Roman letters”).

Questions about romaji

What does romaji mean?
Romaji means a representation of Japanese in Latin script.
What is romaji in Hindi?
Romaji in Hindi is रोमाजी (romājī), रोमनीकृत जापानी (romnīkŕt jāpānī). See Romaji meaning in Hindi.
How do you use romaji in a sentence?
For example, in Japanese advertisements sexy and my house often appear in romaji, making the underlying concepts of eroticism and private ownership more exotic.
What part of speech is romaji?
Romaji can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce romaji?
Romaji is pronounced /ˈɹəʊməd͡ʒi/.
What is the plural of romaji?
The plural of romaji is romajis.

Words near romaji in the dictionary

  1. romaine
  2. romaine lettuce
  3. Romaine lettuces
  4. romaines
  5. romaja
  6. romaji
  7. Romajikai
  8. romajis
  9. romal
  10. romaleid
  11. romaleids

Source and license

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