Word Meaning 拉丁

らてん raten

拉丁 is read as らてん (raten) and means Latin (language).

Meaning

English

  1. Latin (language)
  2. Latin (i.e. relating to the literature, culture, etc. of ancient Rome)
  3. Roman
  4. Latin-American
  5. Latin
  6. Latino

Reading

Kana

らてん

Romaji

raten

Writing Variants

  • 羅典 らてん raten
  • 羅甸 らてん raten

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 2級 Rank 160393 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

拉致

らち

taking captive

拉麺

らーめん

ramen

拉致問題

らちもんだい

abduction issue (esp. of those Japanese abducted by North Korea)

包丁

ほうちょう

cooking

一丁

いっちょう

one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m)

八丁

はっちょう

skillfulness

装丁

そうてい

binding (of a book)

横丁

よこちょう

bystreet

ちょう

counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars

胸突き八丁

むなつきはっちょう

the most trying spot or period

柳刃包丁

やなぎばぼうちょう

kitchen knife for sashimi

口八丁手八丁

くちはっちょうてはっちょう

both eloquent and skilled

Example Sentences

3

らてんごはおおくのげんごのきそとなっている。

Latin is the basis of many languages.

かれはらてんもじのれきしをけんきゅうしている。

He is studying the history of the Latin alphabet.

かれはらてんあめりかのぶんかにくわしい。

He is well-versed in Latin American culture.