{"id":2762,"date":"2008-02-02T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-02T13:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/?p=2762"},"modified":"2020-06-08T00:09:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T03:09:14","slug":"nihongo-romaji-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/nihongo-romaji-papel\/","title":{"rendered":"Romaji and its role in nihongo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"604ea9ec9f03ce20cb5fee53cf49f850\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-0652292147574552\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Ads responsivo Inicio Post CAJap -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0652292147574552\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3298668993\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>O <strong>romaji<\/strong> it is simply a way of showing how to speak Japanese words using the letters of our alphabet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As our alphabet is known as the Roman alphabet, this tool became known as romaji, as it is a romanized form of Japanese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How it works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As a way of romanizing Japanese, the technique of romaji is just transcribing Japanese phonemes with the letters of our alphabet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, the word goodbye in Japanese is written&nbsp;<strong>\u3055\u3088\u3046\u306a\u3089<\/strong>, but in romaji it is written&nbsp;<strong>sayounara&nbsp;<\/strong>or&nbsp;<strong>sayoonara&nbsp;<\/strong>(more faithful to the pronunciation).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because of romaji, many people search the internet using the word&nbsp;<strong>nihongo&nbsp;<\/strong>unaware that she is a romanization of the word&nbsp;<strong>\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e<\/strong>&nbsp;(in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/japanese-writing-systems\/\">kanji<\/a>) or&nbsp;<strong>\u306b\u307b\u3093\u3054&nbsp;<\/strong>(in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/hiragana-full-table\/\">hiragana<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This word means&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/\">Japanese language<\/a>, Japanese language or simply Japanese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The advantage of romaji<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In my opinion, there don&#039;t seem to be many advantages, but the main one is making it easier to read hiragana, katakana and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/remembering-the-kanji-eo-method-heisig\/\">kanji<\/a>&nbsp;for Japanese students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/romaji.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Romaji - helps you read kanji and kanas in Japanese language\" class=\"wp-image-2764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/romaji.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/romaji.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/romaji.jpg?resize=65%2C65&amp;ssl=1 65w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/romaji.jpg?resize=125%2C125&amp;ssl=1 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For students who are not very familiar with Japanese symbols, it helps a lot when reading, pronouncing and recognizing written symbols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The downside of romaji<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Many students fall, as I did, into the mistake of studying using only romaji. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a long time of studying, I ended up finding out that this is not Japanese and that would end up getting me into a big trouble. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would learn to speak Japanese, but I would not be able to write or read Japanese texts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because of this, many language teachers meet people who can speak the oriental language but cannot read or write. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some even think that romaji is a <a href=\"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/japanese-alphabet-origin\/\">Japanese alphabet<\/a>, but he is not. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is simply a tool used by language teachers to help students familiarize themselves with the language being studied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite not being very in favor of using it, I believe it is a great tool to promote a closer relationship between students and Japanese. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, when used correctly, romaji can become a powerful tool in learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kill! (See you)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><em>Credits: Photo by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/marquino\/1325369472\/in\/album-72157601862840860\/\" target=\"_blank\">Roberto Marquino<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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<\/p>","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[92,99],"class_list":["post-2762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-japones","tag-lingua-japonesa","tag-romaji"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Arimasu_Imasu_verbos.jpg?fit=1200%2C680&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2768,"url":"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/o-romaji-e-suas-armadilhas\/","url_meta":{"origin":2762,"position":0},"title":"The romaji and its traps","author":"L\u00edngua Japonesa","date":"1 de July de 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Como muitos de n\u00f3s j\u00e1 sabemos,\u00a0o papel do romaji no nihongo\u00a0(\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e) \u00e9 ajudar na leitura e pron\u00fancia dos s\u00edmbolos japoneses, e n\u00e3o substituir a escrita japonesa pelos nossos caracteres romanizados. 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