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windowｓ xp language bar (japanese)
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I'm having a little trouble with my windows language bar. I would like to have it so I can type in Japanese (hiragana and katakana), but currently it is not cooperating with me.
It used to work just fine. I could have the option of switching between English and Japanese just by the click of a button. This is not a feature that I use every day, and I have not had to use it in several weeks. Today I was trying to look up a specific Japanese word, so I was going to switch the language bar to Japanese, but it had changed. For some reason many of the buttons on the language bar (well, 1 button at least) had gone missing, and that was the input mode button. Trying to get that button back, somehow made the entire language bar disappear. Well, I got the language bar back, and got it to switch to Japanese, but now it only types in either hiragana or katakana... and I can't switch between the two.
A few minutes ago I was testing it out and it typed hiragana (with romanji input) just fine. The next minute it changed to katakana, and now I can't get it back. After seeking out help on tutorials, I read that [alt] + [~] switches between input modes. But for me, it only switches between roman letters and romanji input katakana.
It's difficult to make my problem very clear, but it's kind of frustrating. Anyone have any advice? Basically I want to switch between romanji-input katakana and hiragana fairly easily.
edit: and while I'm at it, can anyone recommend a good online Japanese to English/English to japanese dictionary that (preferably) uses katakana and hiragana instead of romanization? Thanks!
It used to work just fine. I could have the option of switching between English and Japanese just by the click of a button. This is not a feature that I use every day, and I have not had to use it in several weeks. Today I was trying to look up a specific Japanese word, so I was going to switch the language bar to Japanese, but it had changed. For some reason many of the buttons on the language bar (well, 1 button at least) had gone missing, and that was the input mode button. Trying to get that button back, somehow made the entire language bar disappear. Well, I got the language bar back, and got it to switch to Japanese, but now it only types in either hiragana or katakana... and I can't switch between the two.
A few minutes ago I was testing it out and it typed hiragana (with romanji input) just fine. The next minute it changed to katakana, and now I can't get it back. After seeking out help on tutorials, I read that [alt] + [~] switches between input modes. But for me, it only switches between roman letters and romanji input katakana.
It's difficult to make my problem very clear, but it's kind of frustrating. Anyone have any advice? Basically I want to switch between romanji-input katakana and hiragana fairly easily.
edit: and while I'm at it, can anyone recommend a good online Japanese to English/English to japanese dictionary that (preferably) uses katakana and hiragana instead of romanization? Thanks!
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|EDIT| As for dictionaries, there are three worth using: WWWJDIC, Eijirou, and goo.
edit: ありがとう。 I thought it looked off the first time I wrote it.
arigatou
sorry