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Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="romaji" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/romaji" title="romaji – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="romaji" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/romaji" title="romaji – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="romaji" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wiktionary.org/wiki/romaji" title="romaji – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="romaji" data-language-autonym="Bahasa 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href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/romaji" class="extiw" title="w:romaji">romaji</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/romaji" class="extiw" title="w:romaji">Wikipedia </a></span></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81571951">.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{font-size:90%;width:250px;padding:4px;text-align:left;background:var(--wikt-palette-paleblue,#f9f9f9);border:var(--border-color-base,#aaa)1px solid}@media screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;width:100%;max-width:100%}}</style> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=romaji&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Romaji#English" title="Romaji">Romaji</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/R%C5%8Dmaji#English" title="Rōmaji">Rōmaji</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roma-ji&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Roma-ji (page does not exist)">Roma-ji</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=R%C5%8Dma-ji&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rōma-ji (page does not exist)">Rōma-ji</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=roma-ji&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="roma-ji (page does not exist)">roma-ji</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/r%C5%8Dmaji#English" title="rōmaji">rōmaji</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/romanji#English" title="romanji">romanji</a></span> <span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#nonstandard" title="Appendix:Glossary">nonstandard</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=romaji&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transliteration" title="Appendix:Glossary">Transliteration</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_language" class="extiw" title="w:Japanese language">Japanese</a></span> <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E5%AD%97#Japanese" title="ローマ字">ローマ<ruby>字<rp>(</rp><rt>じ</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby></a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr"><span class="mention-tr tr">rōmaji</span></span>, literally <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">Roman letters</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=romaji&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">enPR</a>: <span class="AHD enPR">rō'-mə-jē</span>, <span class="AHD enPR">rō'-mä-jē</span>, <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈɹəʊməd͡ʒi/</span>, <span class="IPA">/ɹəʊˈmɑːd͡ʒi/</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_in_southern_England" class="extiw" title="w:English in southern England">Southern England</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-romaji.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/76/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-romaji.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-romaji.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/76/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-romaji.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-romaji.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-romaji.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-romaji.wav" title="File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-romaji.wav">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhymes:English/%C9%99%CA%8Am%C9%99d%CD%A1%CA%92i%CB%90&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rhymes:English/əʊməd͡ʒiː (page does not exist)"><span class="IPA">-əʊməd͡ʒiː</span></a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhymes:English/%C9%91%CB%90d%CD%A1%CA%92i&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rhymes:English/ɑːd͡ʒi (page does not exist)"><span class="IPA">-ɑːd͡ʒi</span></a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=romaji&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">romaji</strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#countable" title="Appendix:Glossary">countable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></i>, <i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/romajis#English" title="romajis">romajis</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>A representation of <a href="/wiki/Japanese" title="Japanese">Japanese</a> in <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> script. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">The <b>romaji</b> of the word <i><span class="Jpan" lang="ja">ローマ字</span></i> is “rōmaji”.</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1977</b></span>, <cite>Anthropology</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=x_YWAQAAMAAJ">[1]</a></sup>, volume 1, page <span class="None" lang="und">173</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The katakana and the hiragana are syllabic forms of writing derived from Chinese characters, while the <b>romaji</b> are the letters used in writing most European languages.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2006</b></span>, Ralph Fasold, Jeffrey Connor-Linton, <cite>An Introduction to Language and Linguistics</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1107717663">[2]</a></sup>, page <span class="None" lang="und">410</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">For example, in Japanese advertisements <i>sexy</i> and <i>my house</i> often appear in <b>romaji</b>, making the underlying concepts of eroticism and private ownership more exotic.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2011</b></span>, T Okadome, J Nakajima, S Ito, K Kakusho, “An Accessible Coded Input Method for Japanese Extensive Writing”, in <cite>Proceedings of the Workshop on Advances in Text Input Methods</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://aclanthology.org/W11-3505.pdf">[3]</a></sup>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Today people ordinarily use kana-kanji conversion systems for inputting Japanese text. Because many of them can touch-type the <b>romajis</b> for the kanas, the O-code with kana-kanji conversion is more accessible.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hypernyms">Hypernyms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=romaji&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Hypernyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/romanization#English" title="romanization">romanization</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Coordinate_terms">Coordinate terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=romaji&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Coordinate terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/hiragana#English" title="hiragana">hiragana</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/kanji#English" title="kanji">kanji</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/katakana#English" title="katakana">katakana</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=romaji&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/romaja#English" title="romaja">romaja</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Romajikai#English" title="Romajikai">Romajikai</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=romaji&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-romanization_of_Japanese"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">romanization of Japanese</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="romanization of Japanese"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Arabic: <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%8A#Arabic" title="روماجي">رُومَاجِي</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ar.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%8A" class="extiw" title="ar:روماجي">(ar)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">rūmajī, romajī</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Armenian: <span class="Armn" lang="hy"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D5%BC%D5%B8%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B1%D5%AB&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ռոմաձի (page does not exist)">ռոմաձի</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hy-Latn" class="tr Latn">ṙomaji</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Azerbaijani: <span class="Latn" lang="az"><a href="/w/index.php?title=romaci&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="romaci (page does not exist)">romaci</a></span></li> <li>Belarusian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="be"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%96&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ромадзі (page does not exist)">ро́мадзі</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="be-Latn" class="tr Latn">rómadzi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ромаджи (page does not exist)">ромаджи</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">romadži</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Hokkien: (<i class="Hant mention" lang="nan"><a href="/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E8%AA%9E#Min_Nan" title="日語">日語</a></i><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">／</span><i class="Hans mention" lang="nan"><a href="/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E8%AF%AD#Min_Nan" title="日语">日语</a></i>~)<span class="Hant" lang="nan-hbl"><a href="/wiki/%E7%BE%85%E9%A6%AC%E5%AD%97#Hokkien" title="羅馬字">羅馬字</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">／</span><span class="Hans" lang="nan-hbl"><a href="/wiki/%E7%BD%97%E9%A9%AC%E5%AD%97#Hokkien" title="罗马字">罗马字</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh-min-nan.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%BE%85%E9%A6%AC%E5%AD%97" class="extiw" title="zh-min-nan:羅馬字">(zh-min-nan)</a></span>, (<i class="Hans mention" lang="nan"><a href="/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E8%AF%AD#Min_Nan" title="日语">日语</a></i>~)<span class="Hans" lang="nan-hbl"><a href="/wiki/%E7%BD%97%E9%A9%AC%E5%AD%97#Hokkien" title="罗马字">罗马字</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="nan-hbl-Latn" class="tr Latn">lô-má-lī / lô-má-jī</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd> <dd>Mandarin: (<i class="Hant mention" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E8%AA%9E#Mandarin" title="日語">日語</a></i><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">／</span><i class="Hans mention" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E8%AF%AD#Mandarin" title="日语">日语</a></i>~)<span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E7%BE%85%E9%A6%AC%E5%AD%97#Mandarin" title="羅馬字">羅馬字</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">／</span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E7%BD%97%E9%A9%AC%E5%AD%97#Mandarin" title="罗马字">罗马字</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%BE%85%E9%A6%AC%E5%AD%97" class="extiw" title="zh:羅馬字">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">luómǎzì</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, (<i class="Hans mention" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E8%AF%AD#Mandarin" title="日语">日语</a></i>~)<span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E7%BD%97%E9%A9%AC%E5%AD%97#Mandarin" title="罗马字">罗马字</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%BD%97%E9%A9%AC%E5%AD%97" class="extiw" title="zh:罗马字">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">luómǎzì</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/w/index.php?title=r%C3%B3mad%C5%BEi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="rómadži (page does not exist)">rómadži</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Dutch">romaji</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/romaji" class="extiw" title="nl:romaji">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/w/index.php?title=roma%C4%B5i&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="romaĵi (page does not exist)">romaĵi</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/w/index.php?title=roma%C4%9Di&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="romaĝi (page does not exist)">romaĝi</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Finnish">romaji</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#French">romaji</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/romaji" class="extiw" title="fr:romaji">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Georgian: <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%AF%E1%83%98&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="რომაჯი (page does not exist)">რომაჯი</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">romaǯi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/R%C5%8Dmaji#German" title="Rōmaji">Rōmaji</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Romaji#German" title="Romaji">Romaji</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%B9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ρομάτζι (page does not exist)">ρομάτζι</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%B9" class="extiw" title="el:ρομάτζι">(el)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr> <abbr title="plural number">pl</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">romátzi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hebrew: <span class="Hebr" lang="he"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%92%D7%B3%D7%99&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="רומאג׳י (page does not exist)">רוֹמָאגִ׳י</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="he-Latn" class="tr Latn">romají</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Italian">romaji</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/romaji" class="extiw" title="it:romaji">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/r%C5%8Dmaji#Italian" title="rōmaji">rōmaji</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/r%C5%8Dmaji" class="extiw" title="it:rōmaji">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E5%AD%97#Japanese" title="ローマ字">ローマ字</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E5%AD%97" class="extiw" title="ja:ローマ字">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">ローマじ, rōmaji</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/wiki/%EB%A1%9C%EB%A7%88%EC%9E%90#Korean" title="로마자">로마자</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EB%A1%9C%EB%A7%88%EC%9E%90" class="extiw" title="ko:로마자">(ko)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">romaja</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Kurdish: <dl><dd>Northern Kurdish: <span class="Latn" lang="kmr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=romaj%C3%AE&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="romajî (page does not exist)">romajî</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/romaj%C3%AE" class="extiw" title="ku:romajî">(ku)</a></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Latvian: <span class="Latn" lang="lv"><a href="/w/index.php?title=r%C5%8Dmad%C5%BEi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="rōmadži (page does not exist)">rōmadži</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Lithuanian: <span class="Latn" lang="lt"><a href="/w/index.php?title=romad%C5%BEi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="romadži (page does not exist)">romadži</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Malay: <dl><dd>Jawi: <span class="Arab ms-Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%8A#Malay" title="روماجي">روماجي</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ms.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%8A" class="extiw" title="ms:روماجي">(ms)</a></span></dd> <dd>Rumi: <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Malay">romaji</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ms.wiktionary.org/wiki/romaji" class="extiw" title="ms:romaji">(ms)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/Romaji#Malay" title="Romaji">Romaji</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ms.wiktionary.org/wiki/Romaji" class="extiw" title="ms:Romaji">(ms)</a></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Norwegian: <span class="Latn" lang="no"><a href="/wiki/r%C5%8Dmaji#Norwegian" title="rōmaji">rōmaji</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/r%C5%8Dmaji" class="extiw" title="no:rōmaji">(no)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Persian: <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AC%DB%8C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="روماجی (page does not exist)">روماجی</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="tr Latn">româji</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Polish">romaji</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/romaji" class="extiw" title="pl:romaji">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Portuguese">romaji</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/romaji" class="extiw" title="pt:romaji">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/r%C5%8Dmaji#Portuguese" title="rōmaji">rōmaji</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/r%C5%8Dmaji" class="extiw" title="pt:rōmaji">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/romaniza%C3%A7%C3%A3o#Portuguese" title="romanização">romanização</a> <a href="/wiki/do#Portuguese" title="do">do</a> <a href="/wiki/japon%C3%AAs#Portuguese" title="japonês">japonês</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Punjabi: <span class="Guru" lang="pa"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%9C%E0%A9%80&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ਰੋਮਾਜੀ (page does not exist)">ਰੋਮਾਜੀ</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="pa-Latn" class="tr Latn">romājī</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B8#Russian" title="ромадзи">ро́мадзи</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B8" class="extiw" title="ru:ромадзи">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">rómadzi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <dl><dd>Cyrillic: <span class="Cyrl" lang="sh"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%9F%D0%B8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ромаџи (page does not exist)">ромаџи</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></dd> <dd>Roman: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Serbo-Croatian">romaji</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/w/index.php?title=romad%C5%BEi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="romadži (page does not exist)">romadži</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Slovak: <span class="Latn" lang="sk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=r%C3%B3mad%C5%BEi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="rómadži (page does not exist)">rómadži</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Spanish">romaji</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/romaji" class="extiw" title="es:romaji">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Thai: <span class="Thai" lang="th"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B4#Thai" title="โรมะจิ">โรมะจิ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B4" class="extiw" title="th:โรมะจิ">(th)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="th-Latn" class="tr Latn">roo-má-jì</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Thai" lang="th"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B4#Thai" title="โรมาจิ">โรมาจิ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B4" class="extiw" title="th:โรมาจิ">(th)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="th-Latn" class="tr Latn">roo-maa-jì</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%96&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ромадзі (page does not exist)">ро́мадзі</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">rómadzi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Urdu: <span class="Arab ur-Arab" lang="ur"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D9%86&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="رومن (page does not exist)">رومن</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ur-Latn" class="tr Latn">roman</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ur-Arab" lang="ur"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AC%DB%8C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="روماجی (page does not exist)">روماجی</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ur-Latn" class="tr Latn">romājī</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Vietnamese: <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/wiki/ch%E1%BB%AF_c%C3%A1i#Vietnamese" title="chữ cái">chữ cái</a> Latinh</span>, <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/wiki/ch%E1%BB%AF#Vietnamese" title="chữ">chữ</a> Latinh</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams">Anagrams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=romaji&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Anagrams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Armijo#English" title="Armijo">Armijo</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Morija#English" title="Morija">Morija</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mojari#English" title="mojari">mojari</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="French">French</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=romaji&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: French"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">French <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fr:romaji" class="extiw" title="w:fr:romaji">romaji</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fr:romaji" class="extiw" title="w:fr:romaji">Wikipedia <sup>fr</sup></a></span></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81571951"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=romaji&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:French_pronunciation" title="Appendix:French pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ʁɔ.ma.ʒi/</span>, <span class="IPA">/ʁo.ma.dʒi/</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410"><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio<span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_1" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="LL-Q150_(fra)-Lyokoï-romaji.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7a/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-romaji.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-romaji.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7a/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-romaji.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-romaji.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-romaji.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q150_(fra)-Lyoko%C3%AF-romaji.wav" title="File:LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-romaji.wav">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_2">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=romaji&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="fr">romaji</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-fr p-form-of" lang="fr"><strong class="selflink">romaji</strong></b> <i>or</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-fr p-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/romajis#French" title="romajis">romajis</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">romaji</a></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Portuguese">Portuguese</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=romaji&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Portuguese"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">Portuguese <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:romaji" class="extiw" title="w:pt:romaji">romaji</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:romaji" class="extiw" title="w:pt:romaji">Wikipedia <sup>pt</sup></a></span></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81571951"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms_2">Alternative forms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">letter, character</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_3">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=romaji&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="vsSwitcher" data-toggle-category="pronunciations" style="width: 51em; max-width:100%;"><span class="vsToggleElement" style="float: right;"> </span> <div class="vsShow" style="display:none"> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Portuguese" class="extiw" title="w:Brazilian Portuguese">Brazil</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ʁo.maˈʒi/</span> <span class="IPA">[ho.maˈʒi]</span></li></ul></div> <div class="vsHide"> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Portuguese" class="extiw" title="w:Brazilian Portuguese">Brazil</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ʁo.maˈʒi/</span> <span class="IPA">[ho.maˈʒi]</span> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carioca#Sociolect" class="extiw" title="w:Carioca">Rio de Janeiro</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ʁo.maˈʒi/</span> <span class="IPA">[χo.maˈʒi]</span></li></ul></li></ul></div></div> <div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Portuguese" class="extiw" title="w:European Portuguese">Portugal</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ʁuˈma.ʒi/</span>, <span class="IPA">/ʁɔˈma.ʒi/</span></li></ul></div> <p><span></span> </p> <ul><li>Hyphenation: <span class="Latn" lang="pt">ro‧ma‧ji</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_3">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=romaji&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="pt">romaji</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></i>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">romaji</a></span> <span class="gloss-brac">(</span><span class="gloss-content"><span class="Latn" 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