How to Type Japanese

[Skullcrushergurl]

I hate this. I'm using a school computer and it won't me install.
An "admistrator" has to......

 

[EvilCowSlayer]

Hmm, don't take my word on this, but I believe there's a website that will convert Japanese text into small images so any computer can view them.

 

[jmwintenn]

I hate this. I'm using a school computer and it won't me install.
An "admistrator" has to......

not hard to bypass,but when they find out(and trust me they will) you will get into trouble.

 

[michaelkane]

You can also use Wakan (wakan.manga.cz)
Its a Chinese/Japanese Hiragana/Kanji writer.

 

[Fehrant]

I'm having weird issues with the language bar thing. I am a native Spanish speaker, so my keyboard is Spanish. When I switch to Japanese, everything's peachy, but when I try to switch back to the original language, for some reason it adds an English keyboard to the list, and switches to that. Any suggestions on how I can tackle this issue, or someone who experienced something similar? It's driving me nuts.

 

[Homerduff]

I'm having some issues too. Right now my keyboard is set to the Japanese Input System (MS-IME2002) and I really like it, except I have an azerty keyboard (and I'm used to it), and for some reason my keyboard changes to qwerty when I have Japanese as standard language.

Anyone knows how I can go back to azerty while keeping Japanese as standard language ?

 

[mr.sumo.snr]

Sounds like you need to tell Windows XP the language you want to use and the keyboard you want to type it with.

It's in the Regional and Language Options in Control Panel.

Select the Languages tab and then click on Details.

Add a language and then select the appropriate keyboard.

You might first need to check that the keyboard you're using is correctly identified by the Windows Device Manager. For example US English Windows XP does not recognize a Japanese USB keyboard as being Japanese - it still thinks you're using a US keyboard. You have to go the keyboard driver menu and under the advanced install menus select Toshiba USB 109 Japanese keyboard (even if I'm NOT using a Toshiba). This then gives you a correctly mapped Japanese USB keyboard to use with English XP. To avoid the driver being reset if I change USB ports take ten minutes to install the 'Toshiba USB keyboard' driver with the keyboard plugged into everything single USB port in turn - it's boring but it works.

I can't guarantee this works with anything other than US, UK and Japanese keyboards - no first-hand knowledge. PM me if you want exact menu click instructions.

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[Thorham]

Boy, what a pain, all those problems...

I have the Dutch WinXP, with a US keyboard and have simply set the Japanese ime as the only one! If I need Japanese chars, I can switch to kana with the right mouse button, and if I need Latin chars, I can switch to direct input with the right mouse button, too. Very convenient, although I have to admit it has gone wrong once, and I ended up with the system thinking I was using a Japanese keyboard, very strange, but also very rare.

 

[White-Hexe]

窶堋?窶堙ｨ窶堋ｪ窶堙??堋､ﾂ！ﾂ 窶堙｢窶堋ｳ窶堋ｵ窶堋｢窶堙??堋ｷﾂ！

Well that was fun, I was always wondering how I could do it, I have windows Vista and it was a little different to get it then how you described it, but I got it!

Thanks again!

 

[LukeSettle]

窶堙??堋ｨ窶堙?ﾂ 窶堋?窶堙ｨ窶堋ｪ窶堙??堋､ﾂ 窶堋ｲ窶堋ｴ窶堋｢窶堙懌?堋ｷﾂ！ﾂ this helped me soooo much.

 

[Sasquatch]

やった！

Know I have to learn how to put better sentances together. Any Ideas?

 

[82riceballs]

How would you type the small dot (ﾂ・) that goes between some katakana?

e.g. ﾆ遅ﾆ停?愴蛋ﾂ・ﾆ耽ﾆ辰ﾆ停ぎ
ﾆ誰ﾆ陳照辰ﾆ竪ﾆ鍛ﾆ暖ﾂ・ﾆ坦ﾆ停?愴稚ﾆ椎?ﾆ誰ﾆ暖

 

[epigene]

How would you type the small dot (ﾂ・) that goes between some katakana?
e.g. ﾆ遅ﾆ停?愴蛋ﾂ・ﾆ耽ﾆ辰ﾆ停ぎ
ﾆ誰ﾆ陳照辰ﾆ竪ﾆ鍛ﾆ暖ﾂ・ﾆ坦ﾆ停?愴稚ﾆ椎?ﾆ誰ﾆ暖

On Microsoft's standard Japanese IME, the key is the question mark (?) key at your bottom right.

Otherwise, you can type 窶堙??堙ｱ and convert with the space key.

 

[82riceballs]

どうもありがとうございました！！！
・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
hehe- I typed a whole row of /////////// and pressed space bar and they all turned into dots!!!

 

[mika_r]

I-ve already installed the IME, but i still can-t read, i see things like this

' 'è'ª'Æ'¤あIあ@'â'³'µ'¢'Å'·あI

! plus my keyboard is weird!! x(

edit: ok I already fixed it

 

[maris]

Windows makes it so hard to type in Japanese. With Macs its very easy.

 

[Jericho Desu]

I want to type Japanese but I don't know where my XP install disk is. I downloaded something off microsoft that enables me to see J font in webpages, but thats all. It's so frustrating to be able to see Japanese but not have the ability to type it. I've looked over a number of websites but it all leads back to installation with the XP Disk. Can anyone help please?
Oh and don't mention Wakan, that program needs J fonts or whatever...

 

[Indiana Gardener]

I second that, maris.

Wish I could help you, Jericho Desu, but I never learned how to do it on a pc. Pc's really are a pain in about every way. The only suggestion I can make is, get a Mac ;-) They can type Japanese right out of the box. No installation of anything required (just check marking of the languages you want to use in System Prefs). My Mac came with 15 languages built in.

 

[Jericho Desu]

Well, I found out about JWPce and I hope the writing shows up well, until I can find that damn XP disk...
窶堙坂?堋ｶ窶堙溪?堙懌?堋ｵ窶堙
窶堙ｭ窶堋ｽ窶堋ｵ窶堙坂?堋ｶ窶堋･窶堙ｨ窶堋ｿ窶堙･窶堙??堋ｷ
Please fix if I'm wrong or if nothing shows up then...ignore it and forgive me :sorry:

 

[ハダカ]

ﾅｽnﾂ「窶堙坂?堋ｶﾂ」窶堙溪?堙懌?堋ｵ窶堙?。ﾂ ﾅｽ窶楪「窶堙ｭ窶堋ｽ窶堋ｵﾂ」窶堙娯?督ｼ窶楼ﾂ「窶堙遺?堙懌?堋ｦﾂ」窶堙哉淡ﾆ巽ﾆ椎?ﾆ坦窶堙??堋ｷﾂ。
This should do the trick.
O.c. some ppl may ask why I'm using ﾅｽn, not ﾂ鞘?ｰ. I don't know, I just like archaic version of that

My name is ... instaed of I am ... - I think that will be the righ t thing.

 

[Toritoribe]

some ppl may ask why I'm using ﾅｽn, not ﾂ鞘?ｰ. I don't know, I just like archaic version of that

ﾆ地ﾆ胆ﾆ谷窶堋ｳ窶堙ｱﾂ、窶堋ｨ窶ｹv窶堋ｵﾂ振窶堙ｨ
There's the difference in the meaning between the two kanji, ﾂ鞘?ｰ and ﾅｽn.

ﾂ鞘?ｰ: first, early; used mainly about "time/order"
e.g.
ﾅｽlﾅ椎ｽ窶堙個鞘?ｰ窶堙? ﾂ青ｶ窶堙懌?堙ｪ窶堙?鞘?ｰ窶堙溪?堙??C窶堙ｰﾅ陳ｩ窶堋ｽ, 窶堙懌?堋ｸﾂ鞘?ｰ窶堙溪?堙俄?堋ｲ窶敕鯛?堙ｰﾂ食窶堙冷?堙ｦ窶堋､

ﾅｽn: to start/to begin; used mainly about "moving"
e.g.
ﾆ檀ﾆ停?ｰﾆ筑窶堙坂?堙懌?堋ｾﾅｽn窶堙懌?堙≫?堋ｽ窶堙寂?堋ｩ窶堙ｨ窶堋ｾ, 窶愿ｺ窶怒ﾅ津ｪ窶堙ｰﾂ習窶堋｢ﾅｽn窶堙溪?堋ｽ


窶堙坂?堋ｶ窶堙溪?堙懌?堋ｵ窶堙 means "this is the first time to see you", so kanji is commonly written as ﾂ鞘?ｰ窶堙溪?堙懌?堋ｵ窶堙?

 

[Jericho Desu]

Thanks to both of you, I don't know how to read kanji in compounds yet, but this is a good start for me.

 

[ハダカ]

Toritoribe「さん？様？君？ちゃん？」、何でを思ったってばよ！何が「お久し振り」ですか？意味のないのよね？

 

[Toritoribe]

窶堋ｨ窶ｹv窶堋ｵﾂ振窶堙ｨ = 窶堋ｨ窶ｹv窶堋ｵﾂ振窶堙ｨ窶堙??堋ｷ
I haven't seen you for a long time.

窶堋ｳ窶堙ｱ is so convenient honorific that is usable for most situation, regardless of age or sex.

 

[Ryuk]

Hi I have a problem with my XP Pro Japanese input. Most of the time it works fine and I can choose Hiragana, Half/Full Width, Alphanumeric, etc.

But sometimes (like now) it doesn't give me the option and it just says "Caps" and "Kana" toggles next to the language selection. Any ideas as to how to get it to go back to normal?

This is a screenshot of what it looks like: