romanization of Japanese

Also known as rōmaji, romaji, romanisation of Japanese

Japanese language written in Latin script

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Romanization of Japanese is the practice of writing the Japanese language using Latin letters (the same alphabet used in English) instead of Japanese characters like hiragana or kanji. This system matters because it makes Japanese accessible to people who don't read Japanese scripts and helps with tasks like typing Japanese on standard keyboards or learning the language as a beginner.

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The romanization of Japanese is the use of Latin script to write the Japanese language. This method of writing is sometimes referred to in Japanese as rōmaji (ローマ字; lit. 'Roman letters', [ɾoːma(d)ʑi] or [ɾoːmaꜜ(d)ʑi]).

Japanese is normally written in a combination of logographic characters borrowed from Chinese (kanji) and syllabic scripts (kana) that also ultimately derive from Chinese characters.