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    ローマ字

    ロ​ー​マ​字じ

    Latin alphabet

    N1KMT7CoreNounCore ConceptsKanji Vocab12 strokes

    羅馬字

    ローマじ

    Noun

    1.
    Latin alphabet, Roman alphabet
    2.
    romaji, romanized Japanese, system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    私わたしの名な前まえはローマ字じで書かけます。

    I can write my name in Romaji.

    KMT3Core Concepts
    日に本ほん語ごの学がく習しゅう者しゃはよくローマ字じから始はじめます。

    Japanese learners often start with Romaji.

    KMT7Core ConceptsEducation
    海かい外がいの観かん光こう客きゃくのために、標ひょう識しきにはローマ字じ表ひょう記きが不ふ可か欠けつです。

    Romaji notation is essential on signs for international tourists.

    KMT7Travel & TransportationCore Concepts
    この駅えき名めいはローマ字じと漢かん字じの両りょう方ほうで表ひょう示じされています。

    This station name is displayed in both Romaji and Kanji.

    KMT8Core ConceptsTravel & Transportation
    パスポートの名な前まえはヘボン式しきローマ字じで記き載さいされています。

    Names on passports are written in the Hepburn system of Romaji.

    KMT8Core ConceptsDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    字
    あざ・あざな・-な…(1)
    character・letter・word・section of village
    Kanji
    ロ
    ro
    Kana
    ー
    long vowel
    Kana
    マ
    ma
    Kana
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