romaji

Meaning

romaji (romanization of Japanese)

Concepts

romaji

Synonyms

romanização

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁo.maˈʒi/

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese ローマ字 (ローマじ, rōmaji, literally “Roman letters”), from ローマ (Rōma, “Rome, Roman”) + 字 (じ, ji, “letter, character”).