| 释义 |
‖ romaji|ˈroːmadʒi|
Also romazi, and with capital initial.
[Jap., f. roma Roman + ji letter(s).]
A system of Romanized spelling for the Japanese language.
[1888B. H. Chamberlain Handbk. Colloq. Japanese i. 9 There is a party in favour of the adoption of the Roman alphabet. Its organ, the ‘Rō maji Zasshi’, gives articles..romanised according to a simple phonetic system.] 1903R. Lange Text-bk. Colloq. Japanese p. xviii, Romaji is designed to represent phonetically the standard pronunciation of the present day. 1935Amer. Speech X. 274/2 Several movements for Romaji, Japanese written phonetically in Roman letters, are under way. [1939Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. LIX. 99 The Japanese had long ago worked out a diaphonic spelling called Nipponsiki (Japanese-Style) no Rômazi and propagated it in competition with the reigning bastard English-Italian system named after Hepburn. ] Ibid. 102 The present use of rōmazi during an extended period is a hindrance rather than a help in the mastery of Japanese as it is normally written.1950D. Jones Phoneme 102 The name of the mountain which used to be written Fuji in the old Rōmaji system is now written Huzi. Ibid. 105 In the new Rōmazi orthography hi and si are distinguished. 1966P. S. Buck People of Japan (1968) x. 130 The Japanese have to master romaji, Japanese spelled in Roman letters. |