2. Noun. A representation of Japanese in Latin script. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Romaji
1. a system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Romaji
Literary usage of Romaji
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Bibliography of the Japanese Empire: Being a Classified List of All Books by Friedrich Wenckstern, Léon Pagès (1895)
"Romaji kai. A short statement of the aim and method of the Romaji kai. ...
Romaji Zasshi, A Japanese paper [in Roman characters] advocating the adoption of ..."
2. Terry's Japanese Empire by Thomas Philip Terry (1914)
"The Romaji alphabet employs 22 of the letters used in English, ... The unabridged
dictionary printed in -Romaji gives an inkling of the sound of the spoken ..."
3. The Sanitarian by Medico-Legal Society of New York (1903)
"The most deeply-rooted objection to the Romaji reform w:as not, ... The adoption
of Romaji meant only another change, and a change for the better. ..."
4. Japan to America: A Symposium of Papers by Political Leaders and by Naoichi Masaoka, Japan Society (New York, N.Y.) (1914)
"... and no doubt did much good in sowing the seed in the right ground. Unlike its
less fortunate sister society, the Romaji-Kai under the present name of ..."
5. Japan to America: A Symposium of Papers by Political Leaders and by Japan Society (New York, N.Y.) (1915)
"... and no doubt did much good in sowing the seed in the right ground. Unlike its
less fortunate sister society, the Romaji-Kai under the present name of ..."
6. Japan to America: A Symposium of Papers by Political Leaders and by Naoichi Masaoka (1915)
"... and no doubt did much good in sowing the seed in the right ground. Unlike its
less fortunate sister society, the Romaji-Kai under the present name of ..."
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