Comments on: Encode Japanese http://japanese.nearlythere.com/2005/07/26/encode-japanese Notes from my self-study and my Japanese lessons Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:29:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: heather http://japanese.nearlythere.com/2005/07/26/encode-japanese#comment-11 Thu, 04 Aug 2005 19:48:50 +0000 http://japanese.nearlythere.com/2005/07/26/encode-japanese#comment-11 oh my goodness, you're right. i can type in japanese! i use mac os x, so i had to go into the International options in the system preferences (which i got through clicking on the flag near the clock in upper R hand corner). then i activated the kana palette, and also the input methods (romaji, hiragana and katakana). and now i can type! 部t位t負けsのせんせ！うぇええ！　this makes no sense! wee! i'm so excited. i can't wait to see how this displays! oh my goodness, you’re right. i can type in japanese!

i use mac os x, so i had to go into the International options in the system preferences (which i got through clicking on the flag near the clock in upper R hand corner). then i activated the kana palette, and also the input methods (romaji, hiragana and katakana).

and now i can type!

部t位t負けsのせんせ！うぇええ！　this makes no sense! wee! i’m so excited. i can’t wait to see how this displays!

]]> by: TelimTor http://japanese.nearlythere.com/2005/07/26/encode-japanese#comment-7 Wed, 27 Jul 2005 04:57:35 +0000 http://japanese.nearlythere.com/2005/07/26/encode-japanese#comment-7 I don't see why couldn't start writing in Japanese soon! Here's a site for hiragana lessons that are very easy to learn: http://japanese.about.com/blhira.htm and here's one for katakana as well: http://japanese.about.com/blkatakana.htm If you want to get started actually typing Japanese into your computer quickly and use Windows XP, I cannot recommend any guide to this more highly than Greggman's -- http://greggman.com/japan/xp-ime/xp-ime.htm#comment96 I don’t see why couldn’t start writing in Japanese soon!

Here’s a site for hiragana lessons that are very easy to learn:
http://japanese.about.com/blhira.htm

and here’s one for katakana as well:
http://japanese.about.com/blkatakana.htm

If you want to get started actually typing Japanese into your computer quickly and use Windows XP, I cannot recommend any guide to this more highly than Greggman’s — http://greggman.com/japan/xp-ime/xp-ime.htm#comment96

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