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- Japanese · borrowed fromローマ字会
- English todayRomajikai
Borrowed from Japanese ローマ字会 (ローマじかい, Rōmajikai), from ローマ字 (ローマじ, rōmaji, “romaji, romanization of Japanese”) + 会 (かい, kai, “association”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A society founded in the 19th century to promote the romanization of the Japanese language. Full definition →
Borrowed from Japanese ローマ字会 (ローマじかい, Rōmajikai), from ローマ字 (ローマじ, rōmaji, “romaji, romanization of Japanese”) + 会 (かい, kai, “association”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.