

Prior Windows 98 and older systems, the key was only with Half-width/Full-width function. Half-width/Full-width/Kanji ( 半角 / 全角 / 漢字, hankaku/zenkaku/kanji) toggles between entering half-width or full-width characters (if 2 versions of same character exists), and also between IME on (for Japanese, see Kanji key) and off (for English, see Alphanumeric key). For the typographical concept, see halfwidth and fullwidth forms. F10 convert to half-width romaji, all-capitals, proper noun capitalization (latin script like standard English): ホワイト → howaito → HOWAITO → Howaito.F9 convert to full-width romaji, all-capitals, proper noun capitalization (latin script inside Japanese text): ホワイト → howaito → HOWAITO → Howaito.

F8 convert to half-width katakana (katakana for specific purpose): ホワイト → ホワイト.F7 convert to full-width katakana (standard katakana): ほわいと → ホワイト.F6 convert selected word/characters to full-width hiragana (standard hiragana): ホワイト → ほわいと.2 3 4 5 6 convert to the 2nd-6th word in the list.Space convert current word (last characters) to the first word in the list of proposals.↵ Enter no conversion, all previous characters are accepted "as is" (all propositions from IME are rejected).Alt + ~ (Tilde) toggle kana/direct input.Alt + ` (Grave Accent) switch between kana ↔ half-width alphanumeric (romaji).Shift + Caps Lock switch between full-width Hiragana ↔ full-width alphanumeric (romaji).Alt + Caps Lock if in alphanumeric mode change to Hiragana, then switch to Katakana.Alt + Shift switch between languages (IMEs).įor non-Japanese keyboards, the following shortcuts can be used for typing Japanese on English keyboard with Windows: The keyboards for NEC PC-9800 series, which was dominant in Japan during the 1980s and early 1990s, have three language input keys: kana, NFER (no transfer, same as nonconversion), XFER (transfer, same as conversion). katakana/hiragana/rōmaji ( カタカナ / ひらがな / ローマ字), on the right of the space bar, next to 変換.Īpple keyboards designed for Mac OS X have two language input keys: alphanumeric ( 英数) and kana ( かな).conversion (henkan 変換), on the right of the space bar.non-conversion (muhenkan 無変換), on the left of the space bar.alphanumeric (eisū 英数), combined with non-language specific key ⇪ Caps Lock.halfwidth/fullwidth/kanji (hankaku/zenkaku/kanji 半角 / 全角 / 漢字) at the top left key of the keyboard.The OADG 109A and older 109 keyboard layouts which are the standard for Microsoft Windows have five dedicated language input keys:
