{"id":609,"date":"2019-12-09T16:18:57","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T23:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learnjapanese.best\/?p=609"},"modified":"2019-12-09T16:18:57","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T23:18:57","slug":"how-to-input-japanese-via-keyboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/japanesecomplete.com\/articles\/?p=609","title":{"rendered":"How to Input Japanese via Keyboard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u300c\u30ad\u30fc\u30dc\u30fc\u30c9\u3067\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u306e\u5165\u529b\u300d<br \/> &#8220;Japanese Input via Keyboard&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"http:\/\/articles.japanesecomplete.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/google-japan-keyboard.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-611\" \/><figcaption>Google Japan solved the problem of inputting &gt;2000 glyphs with this treasure (1 April 2010).  Don&#8217;t worry, there are easier ways.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"206\" src=\"http:\/\/articles.japanesecomplete.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/google-keyboard-concept-1.png?w=400\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-613\" \/><figcaption>Some of the original full Japanese keyboard concepts, evaluating possible keyboards with &gt;2000 glyphs (Google Japan).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"154\" src=\"http:\/\/articles.japanesecomplete.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/google-keyboard-concept-2.png?w=400\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-614\" \/><figcaption>Why not just hold a big bulge of buttons?  Or we could project all the shapes onto a table! (More Google Japan Concept Art).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Modern Mobile Japanese Input Methods<\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" src=\"http:\/\/articles.japanesecomplete.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/jime-kbd.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-623\" \/><figcaption>Modern Input Methods on Mobile tend to look like this.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Each button is actually a mask of five letters.  Since Japanese is consonant-vowel pairs you can simply choose the correct consonant (K or T) and then choose the correct vowel (A or O) and end up with your result when you release (KA or TO).<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"734\" height=\"384\" src=\"http:\/\/articles.japanesecomplete.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/jime.png?w=734\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-622\" \/><figcaption>Default is \u304b &#8230; drag left to make \u304d drag right to make \u3051 (this is called &#8220;Flick Input&#8221;).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Each button has its vowels attached in clockwise fashion:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul><li>\u3042 in the middle<\/li><li>\u3044 at 9:00<\/li><li>\u3046 at 12:00<\/li><li>\u3048 at 3:00<\/li><li>\u304a at 6:00<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>Remember that \u3044 starts on the left side and eventually your muscle memory will take over with the sequence \u3042\u3044\u3046\u3048\u304a\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"http:\/\/articles.japanesecomplete.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/keyboard-google-japan-close-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-619\" \/><figcaption>More of this amazing concept Google keyboard of brute force enumeration of glyphs (Google Japan).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"http:\/\/articles.japanesecomplete.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/google-keyboard-in-use.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-621\" \/><figcaption>Good luck with Touch Typing. (Google Japan).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Japanese Input via Traditional Keyboard<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Traditional keyboards are very biased to English, so most of the world&#8217;s languages have found a way to adapt with the prominence of English as a world tech language and tool language.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"323\" src=\"http:\/\/articles.japanesecomplete.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/mbp-jpime.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-625\" \/><figcaption>Japanese Macbook Pro with Kana keyboard.  If you buy in Japan, it can look like this.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Some keyboards have Hiragana printed on them, and you can actually buy Hiragana stickers for your keyboard if you choose to use one of these complex layouts.  Like IME &#8220;Layout 1&#8221; or &#8220;Layout 2,&#8221; each is a little different in where some letters are placed, but the idea is that each key on the board represents one Hiragana glyph.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Modern Romaji-based Input<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>By and large the <em>most common<\/em> way to input Japanese is through a standard keyboard, where you simply type the character out as if writing it in romaji.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Output Hiragana  <\/strong> | <strong> What to Type<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u3042\u3000a<br \/>\u3044\u3000i<br \/>\u3046\u3000u<br \/>\u3048\u3000e<br \/>\u304a\u3000o<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u304b\u3000ka<br \/>\u304d\u3000ki<br \/>\u304f\u3000ku<br \/>\u3051\u3000ke<br \/>\u3053\u3000ko<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u3055\u3000sa<br \/>\u3057\u3000shi, si<br \/>\u3059\u3000su<br \/>\u305b\u3000se<br \/>\u305d\u3000so<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><br \/>\u305f\u3000ta<br \/>\u3061\u3000chi, ti<br \/>\u3064\u3000tsu, tu<br \/>\u3066\u3000te<br \/>\u3068\u3000to<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u306a\u3000na<br \/>\u306b\u3000ni<br \/>\u306c\u3000nu<br \/>\u306d\u3000ne<br \/>\u306e\u3000no<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u306f\u3000ha<br \/>\u3072\u3000hi<br \/>\u3075\u3000fu, hu<br \/>\u3078\u3000he<br \/>\u307b\u3000ho<br \/><br \/>\u307e\u3000ma<br \/>\u307f\u3000mi<br \/>\u3080\u3000mu<br \/>\u3081\u3000me<br \/>\u3082\u3000mo<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u3089\u3000ra<br \/>\u308a\u3000ri<br \/>\u308b\u3000ru<br \/>\u308c\u3000re<br \/>\u308d\u3000ro<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u308f\u3000wa<br \/>\u3092\u3000wo<br \/>\u3093\u3000n, nn<br \/><br \/>\u3041\u3000LA<br \/>\u3049\u3000LO<br \/>\u3045\u3000LU<br \/>\u3063\u3000LTSU, LTU <br \/>(L for Little)<br \/><br \/>\u3058\u3083\u3000ja, jya<br \/>\u3058\u3085\u3000ju, jyu<br \/>\u3058\u3087\u3000jo, jyo<br \/>\u304d\u3083\u3000kya<br \/>\u304d\u3085\u3000kyu<br \/>\u304d\u3087\u3000kyo<\/p>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some characters have interesting tricks!  <\/h4>\n\n\n<p>You can type \u3057 with simply &#8220;si&#8221; or \u3064 with just &#8220;tu&#8221; as well as with&#8221;shi&#8221; and &#8220;tsu&#8221; as expected.  <\/p>\n\n\n<p><br \/>\u3075 can be typed in as either &#8220;hu&#8221; or &#8220;fu.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n<p><em>The&nbsp;sound of \u3075 is made by bringing the lips together to contract air flow &#8211; the same shape you make with your lips to make a &#8220;woo&#8221; sound in English. However,  unlike &#8220;woo,&#8221; \u3075 is not voiced, meaning the vocal chords do not vibrate (no humming in the background) when you say it. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Little letters (half-height) can be invoked by preceding them with letter &#8220;L,&#8221; as in LTSU or LTU for small tsu: \u3063\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Additionally, small \u3063 will automatically occur in romaji input when the consonant in doubled.  Yatta = \u3084\u3063\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1440\" src=\"http:\/\/articles.japanesecomplete.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/lake-biwa-sunset.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-629\" \/><figcaption>Sunset on Lake Biwa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/japan.googleblog.com\/2010\/04\/google.html\">Learn more about Google Japan&#8217;s April Fool&#8217;s Keyboard from 2010.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/japanesecomplete.com\/\">Japanese Complete<\/a> and how important it is to <a href=\"https:\/\/learnjapanese.best\">build a solid foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/japanesecomplete.com\/purchase\">Get a subscription to Japanese Complete<\/a> and start mastering Japanese today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u300c\u30ad\u30fc\u30dc\u30fc\u30c9\u3067\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u306e\u5165\u529b\u300d &#8220;Japanese Input via Keyboard&#8221; Modern Mobile Japanese Input Methods Each button is actually a mask of five letters. 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