Rōmaji Input

Note: For instructions on switching to Rōmaji input, refer to Settings - Keyboard Tab.

Inputting Japanese in Rōmaji

When using Rōmaji input, you must be careful about the following three points to enter the correct Kana letters.

  1. Enter furigana for kanji words. For '東京(とうきょう)', enter 'toukyou' instead of 'tōkyō'
  2. Type ^ or - after the vowel letter for entering letters like âîûêô or āīūēō to be written in Katakan.
  3. Enter Rōmaji corresponding to the Kana letter, not the pronunciation. For 'を', enter 'wo' instead of 'o'. For 'づ', enter 'du' instead of 'zu'.
In Kana and Kanji In Rōmaji input In Kunrei-shiki In Hepburn romanization
東京(とうきょう) toukyou Tôkyô Tōkyō
寿司(すし) susi susi sushi
コーヒー ko-hi-
ko^hi^
kôhî kōhī
wo o o

Romanization Charts

This chart is based on Kunrei-shiki romanization, which is organized in a more systematic way than Hepburn romanization.

  A I U E O YA YU YO
あ a い i う u え e お o
K か ka き ki く ku け ke こ ko きゃ kya きゅ kyu きょ kyo
S さ sa し si す su せ se そ so しゃ sya しゅ syu しょ syo
T た ta ち ti つ tu て te と to ちゃ tya ちゅ tyu ちょ tyo
N な na に ni ぬ nu ね ne の no にゃ nya にゅ nyu にょ nyo
H は ha ひ hi ふ hu へ he ほ ho ひゃ hya ひゅ hyu ひょ hyo
M ま ma み mi む mu め me も mo みゃ mya みゅ myu みょ myo
Y や ya ゆ yu よ yo
R ら ra り ri る ru れ re ろ ro りゃ rya りゅ ryu りょ ryo
W わ wa を wo
G が ga ぎ gi ぐ gu げ ge ご go ぎゃ gya ぎゅ gyu ぎょ gyo
Z ざ za じ zi ず zu ぜ ze ぞ zo じゃ zya じゅ zyu じょ zyo
D だ da づ du で de ど do
B ば ba び bi ぶ bu べ be ぼ bo びゃ bya びゅ byu びょ byo
P ぱ pa ぴ pi ぷ pu ぺ pe ぽ po ぴゃ pya ぴゅ pyu ぴょ pyo


  Kana In Rōmaji input Example
Syllabic /n/ n
n' (before one of aiueoy)
かんじ
kanzi
ほんや
hon'ya
Long consonant Repeat the consonant がっこう
gakkou
Long vowel Type ^ or - after the vowel letter
(for Katakana words)
ra^men
ra-men
ラーメン

Key Bindings

With Hiragana IME, small "ぁぃぅぇぉっゃゅょ" can be entered by pressing 大⬄小 after "あいうえおつやゆよ".

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Japanese Keyboard

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