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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A representation of Japanese in Latin script. countable, uncountable

   "The romaji of the word ローマ字 is “rōmaji”."

Proper Noun

1. 1
   Alternative letter-case form of romaji. alt-of

Synonyms

All synonyms

hiraganakanjikatakana

Example

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"When you type in Japanese, are you using hiragana input, or romaji input?"

Etymology

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

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