Change the Japanese characters you entered on Mac
After you set up a Japanese input source, when you use a Japanese input source, you can change recently entered characters before or after theyâre confirmed.
Select a different candidate
On your Mac, switch to a Japanese input source.
In an app, type text, then press the Space bar until the candidate window appears.
Select a different candidate.
For example, if you use the Hiragana input mode, you can change 錻 (hana) to è± (hana) by typing âhanaâ and pressing the Space bar until the candidate window appears, then selecting è± from the window.
Select a different candidate for part of a text string
You can choose a different candidate for part of a text string. For example, if you converted a character string to one with the correct reading but the wrong meaning (a homonym) and want to correct the conversion, you can select a candidate for the incorrectly converted part.
On your Mac, switch to a Japanese input source.
In an app, to change one part of a text string, press the Space bar after you type the text.
Note: You may not need to press the Space bar when you use Live Conversion.
Use the Right Arrow and Left Arrow keys to select the portion of the text string you want to change (the parts of the text string are underlined separately).
Select a candidate from the candidate window.
For example, if you use the Hiragana input mode to type âkyouha ishani ikimasuâ, then you can change the ăăăŸă (ikimasu) part by pressing the Space bar, then clicking ăăăŸă (if the candidate window doesnât appear, press the Space bar again). Select a candidate from the candidate window.
Change confirmed characters
On your Mac, switch to a Japanese input source.
In an app, select the characters you want to correct, then press the Delete key.
For example, if you use the Hiragana input mode to enter ç§ăæăăŸăăă(watashiga okorimashita.), but want to change æăăŸăă (okorimashita), select æăăŸăă, then press Delete.
Enter the correct text string, then press the Space bar to convert it.
For example, type âokurimashitaâ (ăăăăŸăă), then press the Space bar.
Note: You may not need to press the Space bar when you use Live Conversion.
Select a candidate from the candidate window.
To undo a conversion, press the Kana key (ăăȘ) twice on a JIS keyboard to return to the point immediately before the conversion, or click the Input menu in the menu bar, then choose Reverse Conversion.
If youâre not using a JIS keyboard, press Control-Shift-R to undo the conversion.
Change characters to hiragana, katakana, or romaji
On your Mac, switch to a Japanese input source.
Do one of the following:
To change characters to hiragana and switch to the Hiragana input mode, immediately after you enter the characters, press the Kana key (ăăȘ) twice on a JIS keyboard.
For example, if you intended to enter ăăă㯠but instead entered âkyouhaâ using the Romaji input mode, immediately press the Kana key twice to change âkyouhaâ to ăăă㯠and switch to the Hiragana input mode.
To change characters to roman characters and switch to the Romaji input mode, immediately after you enter the characters, press the Alphanumeric key (è±æ°) twice on a JIS keyboard.
For example, if you started typing while using the Hiragana input mode but you wanted to enter roman characters, immediately press the Alphanumeric key twice to change what you entered to roman characters and switch to the Romaji input mode.
To change characters to hiragana, katakana, or roman characters, before you confirm the characters, click the Input menu in the menu bar, then choose Transliterate to Hiragana, Transliterate to Katakana, Transliterate to Full-width Roman, Transliterate to Half-width Katakana, or Transliterate to Roman.
For example, enter âsakurasaku.â (ăăăăăă) using the Hiragana input mode, press the Space bar, select the part of the text you want to change, then choose a Transliterate command from the Input menu.
If youâre not using a JIS keyboard, press Control-Shift-J to switch to the Hiragana input mode, and press Control-Shift-Semicolon (;) to switch to the Romaji input mode.