I see this mid-spaced dot character used a lot: 「・」 According to this article on Japanese punctuation, it’s called an interpunct and it’s used to separate words. But how do I type it? Mac and W...

Nov 2, 2019 · How can I type a small つ for example? Or how can I swap easily between the several types to be more efficient when I type vocabulary to learn? I do that with my mouse and that is really …

Aug 1, 2016 · ヶ may look like the katakana ケ, but it is not. I usually see it in the pattern (number)ヶ 月, where it is pronounced か, confusingly enough. The most efficient way I know to type it by itself is to …

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I was taking some notes for classical Japanese, but it's hard for my to type simple words because my IME (Microsoft's default Japanese IME on Windows 11) doesn't show the proper kanji for their cla...

Sep 6, 2024 · A simple question from a novice at kanji . How can I type furigana text above a kanji, for sake of precision? I have browsed on the Web and I have installed the Google gboard. I cannot find …

Nov 9, 2022 · You can press the た key 6 times consecutively to write っ on an iPhone kana keyboard, but that seems inconvenient. Is there a faster way to write っ?

Jun 8, 2011 · Following Boaz’s nice answer, here is another way which you may be able to use. If you use a Japanese IME (a computer program used to enter Japanese text), you may be able to use also …

Feb 8, 2023 · The closest that I've found so far is to type まる+<number or katakana>, then convert to the circled form, but this only works for numbers & katakana. For circled or square kanji or alphabet …

Aug 27, 2014 · For all of the Japanese input tools I can think of, just a "-" produces the "ー", but I would think that'd be the first thing to try, so maybe you're using some tool I'm not aware of. What tool are …