romajin.

Brit.

/ˈrəʊmədʒi/, U.S.

/ˈroʊmədʒi/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, (rare) romajis.

Forms:

α. 1800s– romaji, 1800s– roma-ji, 1900s– roma-zi, 1900s– romazi, 1900s– roomaji, 1900s– rooma-ji.

β. (irregular) 1900s– roman-ji, 1900s– roman ji, 1900s– romanji.

Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese rōmaji.

Etymology: < Japanese rōmaji < Rōma , the name of the city of Rome, ancient Rome ( < Portuguese Roma , reinforced by Spanish Roma , both < classical Latin Rōma : see Rome n.) + ji letter, character, script (see kanji n.).In β. forms with alteration after Roman adj.¹ O.E.D. Suppl. (1982) gives the pronunciation as (rō^u·madʒi) /ˈrəʊmadʒi/.

A system for transliterating Japanese into roman script; roman letters as used in such transliteration.

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society > communication > writing > manner of writing > transliteration > [noun] > into Roman alphabet > system of

romaji1885

Hepburn system1937

Wade-Giles1943

1885 Literary World (Boston) 26 Dec. 500/3 He..wrote out his manuscript in Roman letters, because the use of the Roma-ji (Roman alphabet) is now all the fashion in Japan.

1903 R. Lange Text-bk. Colloq. Japanese p. xviii Romaji is designed to represent phonetically the standard pronunciation of the present day.

1939 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 59 102 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.

1950 D. Jones Phoneme 102 The name of the mountain which used to be written Fuji in the old Rōmaji system is now written Huzi.

1985 J. Randle & M. Watanabe Coping with Japan 125 The majority of Japanese still have some difficulty reading romaji.

2003 Prairie Schooner Spring 71 We studied the forbidden book... It was written in both romaji and katakana.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	romaji
释义	romajin. Brit. /ˈrəʊmədʒi/, U.S. /ˈroʊmədʒi/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, (rare) romajis. Forms: α. 1800s– romaji, 1800s– roma-ji, 1900s– roma-zi, 1900s– romazi, 1900s– roomaji, 1900s– rooma-ji. β. (irregular) 1900s– roman-ji, 1900s– roman ji, 1900s– romanji. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese rōmaji. Etymology: < Japanese rōmaji < Rōma , the name of the city of Rome, ancient Rome ( < Portuguese Roma , reinforced by Spanish Roma , both < classical Latin Rōma : see Rome n.) + ji letter, character, script (see kanji n.).In β. forms with alteration after Roman adj.¹ O.E.D. Suppl. (1982) gives the pronunciation as (rō^u·madʒi) /ˈrəʊmadʒi/. A system for transliterating Japanese into roman script; roman letters as used in such transliteration. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > manner of writing > transliteration > [noun] > into Roman alphabet > system of romaji1885 Hepburn system1937 Wade-Giles1943 1885 Literary World (Boston) 26 Dec. 500/3 He..wrote out his manuscript in Roman letters, because the use of the Roma-ji (Roman alphabet) is now all the fashion in Japan. 1903 R. Lange Text-bk. Colloq. Japanese p. xviii Romaji is designed to represent phonetically the standard pronunciation of the present day. 1939 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 59 102 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. 1950 D. Jones Phoneme 102 The name of the mountain which used to be written Fuji in the old Rōmaji system is now written Huzi. 1985 J. Randle & M. Watanabe Coping with Japan 125 The majority of Japanese still have some difficulty reading romaji. 2003 Prairie Schooner Spring 71 We studied the forbidden book... It was written in both romaji and katakana. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1885
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