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Methods of Japanese Text Input
Windows
- Windows IME comes as an optional part of the install for Windows 2000, XP and Vista.
Linux
SCIM and UIM are commonly used input method platforms on Linux. They don't implement input methods, but use input method modules such as Anthy, SKK and PRIME for actual input method implementation.
How to use a Japanese keyboard
Using a Keyboard
- Information on how to use a Japanese keyboard can be found at Help and Assistance.
Some tips;
After inputting a word, in order to convert to kanji, press space. Use up&down to navigate the list. Press enter to complete.
After inputting a word, to easily convert it to katakana, roomaji, or halfwidth katakana, you can use certain F# keys. using the word 猫(cat) as an example; F6=> ねこ/ネこ F7=> ネコ/ネこ F8=> ﾈｺ F9=> ｎｅｋｏ F10=> neko.
To get small versions of certain hiragana & katakana, input a l or x infront of it(la=>ぁ,ltsu/xtu=>っ).
To get a small tsu in a word, input the consonant twice(kitto=>きっと).
To write てぃ,てぇ, etc, add a h, l or x inbetween the T and the vowel(thi/tli/txi=>てぃ). Also works for (dhi/dli/dxi=>でぃ).
To write うぃ or うぇ, type either wi or we. This can also be converted to ゐ and ゑ, two obsolete hiragana.
To get a voiced u, ヴ, add a v before what you are trying to type(vu=>ヴ,ve=>ヴぇ).
