The romaji and its traps

The romaji and its traps - Japanese reading

As many of us already know, the role of romaji in nihongo (日本語) is to help with the reading and pronunciation of Japanese symbols, not to replace Japanese writing with our romanized characters. This causes several problems

Romaji and its role in nihongo

Romaji is simply a way of showing how to speak Japanese words using the letters of our alphabet. As our alphabet is known as the roman alphabet, this tool became known as romaji, because it is