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Kanji take a few more key-pressed to type. You start by typing the phonetics, and your keyboard/word processor will suggest the kanji that fit the word, which you select with arrows or space bar.


This picture from the Japanese IME article on Wikipedia is a pretty good demonstration on typical use:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IME_demonstratie_-_Mats...




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