romanization of Japanese

The romanization of Japanese is the use of the Latin alphabet (called in Japanese) to write the Japanese language, which is normally written in logographic characters borrowed from Chinese (kanji) and syllabic scripts (kana). This is done in any context where Japanese text is targeted at those who do not know the language: for example, for names on street signs and passports, and in dictionaries and textbooks for foreign learners of the language. The word "rōmaji" is sometimes incorrectly transliterated as romanji or rōmanji (note the "n" before the "j").
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