ロマン

Japanese

Alternative spellings
浪漫
浪曼

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French roman.

Pronunciation

Noun

ロマン • (roman) 

  1. dream, ideal
    (おとこ)ロマン
    otoko no roman
    a man's dream
    ()(ちゅう)ってロマンですね。
    Uchū tte roman desu ne.
    Outer space truly rouses the imagination and spirit.
    ロマン(あふ)れる()まった()(かい)
    roman ga afureru/tsumatta sekai
    a world brimming with / filled with romanticity
  2. a novel, especially of romanticism
    • 1926, 犬田卯, 加藤武雄, 農民文芸の研究 [study of peasant literature]:
      日本(にほん)にも百姓生活(ひゃくしょうせいかつ)ロマン()って(しか)るべきであると(おも)う。
      Nihon nimo hyakushō seikatsu no roman ga atte shikaru beki de aru to omō.
      I think Japan should have its own novels of the peasantry as well.
  3. romance
    ()(まん)()(こう)
    Roman Hikō”
    Romantic Flight (1990 hit song by Kome Kome Club)

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Korean: 로망 (romang)

Proper noun

ロマン • (Roman) 

  1. Roman (given name or family name)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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