Typing Japanese (2)

Typing Japanese (2)

If you don't remember what romaji combinations will result in desired hiragana or katakana sequences, please refer to Typing Japanese (1).

Converting hiragana into kanji-hiaragana-katakana mix

To apply dictionary lookup and convert it into kanji-hiragana-katakana mix, hit and .

tanakadesu. → たなかです。→ → 田中です。 → → 田中です。
kurasuniitta. → くらすにいった。 → → クラスに行った。 → クラスに行った。

If the input phrases are misspelled, dictionary lookup will result in meaningless string of characters.

Resolving ambiguities

If you type "kurasunihaitta.", you will get many possible sentences. Three most common ones are shown below. Which one the computer gives you as your first choice depends on the history of what you have typed up to that point. (The computer keeps frequently used words at the top of your choice.)
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All three verbs above (いった, いった and はいった) are the plain forms of いいました, いきました and はいりました, respectively. We will learn the plain past forms later.

If the computer gives you Sentence #1 (クラスには言った。) and you want Sentence #2 (クラスには行った。) instead, do the following.

1.	Initially, the first segment クラスには is bold-underlined. The bold-underlined segment can be changed.
2.	Hit the right-arrow key () and move the bold-underline to the next segment. Now 言った can be changed.
3.	Hit the . The computer will show you other choices. If definitions for homonyms are available, they will also be displayed. Type "2" or move the cursor down to the second choice. If there are no other segments that need to be changed, hit . (Otherwise, type "2" and move the bold-underlined segment for further changes.)
4.	Hit to finalize your choice. →

Changing word segmentations.

5.	Sentences #1 and #2 are segmented as くらすには + いった. Sentence #3 is segmented as くらすに + はいった instead. We need to move the current word segmentation position (after は) one letter to the left (after に).
6.	To move the word segmentation to the left, hold the key and hit the left arrow (). The blue highlight appears to show the changed word segmentation. (The example below follows Step 2 above.)
7.	Hit and choose the word クラスに. (Type "2" to choose. Do not hit .)
8.	After choosing the word, if the bold-underline remains below クラスに , hit the right arrow key () to move the bold-underline below は.
9.	We need to combine the last words into a single word はいった. Hold the key and hit the right arrow () three times. once twice three times
10.	Hit to choose the word 入った.
11.	Hit to finalize it.