Japanese Input Method Help

Welcome to Japanese Input Method

Use the Japanese and Ainu input sources to enter Japanese characters on your Mac, no matter which keyboard or language you use.

The Input Sources pane of Keyboard System Preferences showing the Japanese input methods.
In a TextEdit document, hiragana characters converted into kanji using Live Conversion.

Convert as you type

When you use a Japanese input method, use Live Conversion to automatically convert hiragana characters into Japanese text as you type. Click the Input menu in the menu bar, choose Open Japanese Preferences, then select Live Conversion.

The Candidate window showing character choices for Japanese text.

Get suggestions from the Candidate window

As you type text, the Candidate window shows all the possible characters for the text, including emoji for certain languages. To select the character you want, simply double-click it.

Find out more about entering Japanese text and using the Candidate window.

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