Hit spacebar again until you get find the option you're looking for.
Use the arrow keys to select the part of the sentence you want to change. If only part of the sentence is what you're trying to type, you can fix it without having to retype the sentence one word at a time. If that's the case, hit enter (also known at the return key) and you can go on typing. If what you're typing is simple enough, it might just suggest exactly what you're looking for. Scroll through and choose the one you want. It will give you a dropdown box with conversion options. Once you have that typed out, hit the spacebar. How? By using the spacebar, just like you did with katakana words.īut what I'm actually typing (and seeing) is this:
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Now that you know how to type in hiragana and katakana, you can start converting some of it to nice, fancy kanji. Your Japanese keyboard will know what to do and generate a っ in the proper place. So type the Japanese word in romaji using a double consonant. And you spell that in romaji with two of that consonant in a row. To get the small tsu, you don't have to type ltu or xtsu or any of those other combinations. Here's how to type those uncommon combos: ファ Thanks to the prevalence of foreign words that have been borrowed into Japanese, not to mention foreign names, there are some unusual kana combinations that exist. Here's how to type small Japanese characters in your social media messages: ぁ But sometimes they're in weird spots, like this: あれぇ ねぇ ちっちぇ. If you follow Japanese users on Twitter, Facebook, LINE, or other SNS sites, you've probably seen these chibi kana mixed in. You'll see a lot of half sized characters in casual Japanese. Let's take a look at a few! Half-Sized Characters
Those are the basics, but there are a lot of other characters and symbols you should know how to type. If it doesn't, you may need to double check how it's officially spelled with an online dictionary like Jisho. If you spelled the word correctly, your IME will almost always recommend the word in katakana. To switch from hiragana to katakana, usually all you have to do is hit the spacebar after you've typed the word in hiragana. So you need that extra n to tell the keyboard, "Yes, I'm trying to type ん." It will mean the difference between: おなĪlso, notice when you type the particle は in a sentence, you type ha even though it's pronounced wa. When you hit n, you have the chance you to hit a, i, u, e, or o to make な, に, ぬ, ね, or の. Notice that typing ん requires you to type nn. If you know how a Japanese word is spelled in romaji, you can type it on your Japanese keyboard. The roman letter or combination of letters you need to type to display a given character are displayed below that character.Īgain, this is where romaji will be helpful. In the table below, notice the letter a is below あ. These tables display Japanese keyboard characters and the inputs you type to make them appear. If you don't have a Japanese keyboard or don't know how to get one on your device, follow our step-by-step IME installation instructions before proceeding.īelow are tables. Keep that in mind while you read!īefore you start, turn on your Japanese keyboard. It can also help you find simple typing shortcuts, especially if you're using a romaji keyboard to type in Japanese. That's great! But being familiar with the two most common romaji, or romanization systems of Japanese, makes typing much easier. If you're lucky, you didn't use much romaji, and jumped straight into hiragana and katakana. If you learned Japanese in a classroom, you probably did a lot of handwriting practice. It's pretty easy once you've figured it out, but can be tricky if you've never done it before. Just because you know how to enable IME, doesn't mean you know how to type in Japanese. And if you hit the spacebar, things start getting really crazy. Mash those keys and you're greeted with romaji quickly morphing into kana quickly morphing into kanji. Once you've installed your very own Japanese keyboard, it's time start typing.
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