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ローマ字じ

atejirarely used kanji formnounnoun (generic)

Reading

ろーまじ

Meanings

Latin alphabet, Roman alphabet
romaji, romanized Japanese, system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet(explanation)

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Example sentences

子供こどもの頃ころ、ローマ字ろーまじでノートを取とるのが楽たのしかった。

When I was a child, I enjoyed taking notes in romaji.

パスポートには名前なまえをローマ字ろーまじで記入きにゅうする必要ひつようがある。

You need to write your name in romaji on a passport.

日本語にほんごを学まなび始はじめたばかりの外国人がいこくじんは、まずローマ字ろーまじから勉強べんきょうすることが多おおい。

Foreigners who have just started learning Japanese often begin by studying romaji first.

駅えきの案内板あんないばんには、日本語にほんごとローマ字ろーまじが併記へいきされている。

Station signboards have both Japanese and romaji written side by side.

ローマ字ろーまじ入力にゅうりょくとかな入力にゅうりょくのどちらが効率的こうりつてきかについては、今いまも議論ぎろんが続つづいている。

There is still ongoing debate about whether romaji input or kana input is more efficient.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)