The following will generate Kanji.
- During the Japanese input mode (
 ), you enter text in romaji and generate ひらがな sequence.
- You hit
 . to convert ひらがな into kanji. If there are multiple kanji conversion possibilities, you hit again to see the list of all other conversion possibilities.
- Select (Or, enter the number of) the kanji you want.
- Hit the
 or  to make the conversion permanent.
Unless the initial ひらがな input is grammatically correct (and complete), the computer is more likely to generate wrong kanji. There are many issues.
- There are so many different words and phrases that have the same initial ひらがな sequences. (Homonym issues)
- The word segmentation generated by the computer is not always the segmentation you want.If the segmentation is wrong, shift the segment to the left (
 ←) or to the right ( →),
Homonym Issues |
| ittekudasai. |
いってください |
言って下さい vs. 行って下さい |
| kaerimasu |
かえります |
帰ります (go home) |
| kaemasu |
かえます |
変えます (change)
vs. 替えます (switch)
vs. 買えます (can buy) |
| kaeru |
かえる |
帰る (go home)
vs. 変える (change)
vs. 替える (switch)
vs. 買える (can buy)
vs. 返る (return)
vs. 蛙 (frog)
vs. etc. |
Word segmentation issues (／ indicates a word break.) |
| kurumadematta |
くるま／で／まった
くる／まで／まった |
車で待った (I waited in the car)
vs. 来るまで待った (I waited until s/he came) |
| tanakasanhaitta |
たなかさん／は／いった
たなかさん／は／いった
たなかさん／はいった |
田中さんは行った (Mr. Tanaka went)
vs. 田中さんは言った (Mr. Tanaka said)
vs. 田中さん入った (Mr. Tanaka entered) |
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