ローマン体

Japanese
Kanji in this term
体
たい
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
ローマン體 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of ローマン (rōman, “Roman”) +‎ 体 (tai, “shape, type”), as used in the term 書体 (shotai, “script, font, style of type”, literally “writing + shape, type”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ローマンた​い [ròómáń táꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • IPA(key): [ɾo̞ːmã̠n ta̠i]

Noun

ローマン体(たい) • (rōman tai) 

  1. roman type, a roman typeface, as contrasted with italics or bold

See also

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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