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.
- Enter furigana for kanji words. For '東京', enter 'toukyou' instead of 'tōkyō'
- Type ^ or - after the vowel letter for entering letters like âîûêô or āīūēō to be written in Katakan.
- 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 |
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東京 | toukyou | Tôkyô | Tōkyō |
寿司 | susi | susi | sushi |
コーヒー | ko-hi- ko^hi^ |
kôhî | kōhī |
を | 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 | |
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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 |
In Rōmaji input | |||
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Syllabic /n/ | ん | n n' (before one of aiueoy) |
かんじ kanzi ほんや hon'ya |
Long consonant | っ | Repeat the consonant | gakkou |
Long vowel | ー | Type ^ or - after the vowel letter (for Katakana words) |
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".
- あ大⬄小→ ぁ
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- The Space key is used as the 変換 key.
- You can type a full-width space by pressing the Space key when there are no characters that can be converted to kanji or katakana before the cursor, for example, when the cursor is at the beginning of a line.
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