romaji
/ˈɹəʊməd͡ʒi/noun
romaji is a noun meaning “A representation of Japanese in Latin script” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-O-M-A-J-I, and it appears about once in every 21 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of romaji is romajis.
What does romaji mean?
noun
- 1
A representation of Japanese in Latin script.
The romaji of the word ローマ字 is “rōmaji”.
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of romaji.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce romaji?
- /ˈɹəʊməd͡ʒi/
- /ɹəʊˈmɑːd͡ʒi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-romaji.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of romaji
- romajis plural
- roma-ji
- rōmaji
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is romaji?
Romaji appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Romaji in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense romanization of Japanese:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | romaji |
| German | Rōmaji, Romaji |
| Portuguese | romaji, rōmaji, romanização do japonês |
| Spanish | romaji |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does romaji come from?
Transliteration from Japanese ローマ字(じ) (rōmaji, literally “Roman letters”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).