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romaji

Portuguese, noun

romaji is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “romaji (romanization of Japanese)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, rōmaji is a different word: “alternative spelling of romaji”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sistema de escrita do japonês que usa caracteres latinos”.

What does romaji mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineromaji (romanization of Japanese)

noun

as rōmaji
  1. 1

    masculinealternative spelling of romaji

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. sistema de transliteração da escrita japonesa para caracteres latinos

noun: 1. sistema de escrita do japonês que usa caracteres latinos

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of romaji

  • rōmaji alternative
  • rō.ma.ji canonical

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to romaji

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is romaji in Portuguese?

romaji appears about once in every 47 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).