Example sentences for: romanji

How can you use “romanji” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • • Partly Japanese and partly Western name written in romanji: Bakufu Slump (literally, blast, as in explosion, slump.

  • • English names written in romanji: a (always glossed in parentheses as alpha), Access, CoCo, Damn Rockers, Dreams Come True, Escalators Vanilla (possibly inspired by the `60's American bands Vanilla Fudge, The Mood Elevators, and Strawberry Alarm Clock, though made ludicrous in conforming to Japanese grammar which requires the adjective to follow the noun), Hound Dog, Jigger's Son (four guys), Judy and Mary (three guys backing a girl singer), Princess, Tube, Wink, Zoo.

  • • Japanese name written in romanji: Mi-ke (a winsome, snaggle-toothed teen warbler.

  • Indeed, L'Académie française might do well to note the above and the albeit absurd names of these two Japanese discos rendered in romanji: Maharaja Saloon Sahara King & Queen Disco Maebashi , and Maharaja Tokushima Space Disco Liberazione .

  • • Meaningless names written in romanji: B'z (pronounced bees), Lindberg, Qlair (pronounced kler), SAYE·S, SMAP, T-Bolan (probably from the late British pop star Marc Bolan and his '70's group T.Rex), trf (pronounced truf), Zard.


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