"ローマ字" meaning in Japanese

See ローマ字 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɾo̞ːma̠ʑi] Forms: ローマ字 [canonical] (ruby: 字(じ))
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. Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|ローマ|字|sort=ろおまじ|t1=Rome, Roman|t2=character}} ローマ (“Rome, Roman”) + 字 (“character”), {{ja-l/helper|ン||}} ン, {{ja-l|ン}} ン, {{ja-noun|ローマじ}} ローマ字(じ) • (rōmaji), {{ja-l/helper|ローマ||}} ローマ, {{ja-l|ローマ}} ローマ, {{ja-l/helper|ローマン体||}} ローマン体, {{ja-l|ローマン体}} ローマン体, {{ja-l/helper|ローマン||}} ローマン, {{ja-l|ローマン}} ローマン Head templates: {{ja-noun|ローマじ}} ローマ字(じ) • (rōmaji)
  1. Latin alphabet Tags: Rōmaji Categories (topical): Writing systems
    Sense id: en-ローマ字-ja-noun-TDpIio13 Disambiguation of Writing systems: 75 25
  2. romaji (Japanese written in the standard 26-character latin script). Tags: Rōmaji
    Sense id: en-ローマ字-ja-noun-GegTEoz8 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 12 88 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 12 88 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 32 68 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 13 87 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 漢字 (ruby: 漢(かん), 字(じ)) [kanji], 平仮名 (ruby: 平(ひら), 仮名(がな)) [hiragana], 片仮名 (ruby: 片(かた), 仮名(かな)) [katakana], ローマン体 (rōman tai) (ruby: 体(たい)) 
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Download raw JSONL data for ローマ字 meaning in Japanese (3.6kB)

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