Hayakawa Typing Manual

Setting up Japanese IME for Windows

1. Start -> Control Panel -> Region and Language -> Keyboard and Languages -> Change Keyboard

2. In the General section go to "Installed Services" , Click "Add" and select "Japanese".

3. Select the Microsoft IME under the Japanese Language bar and select "Properties". When the
pop-up opens, select "General" and check if the input method is "Romaji".

How to type basic Hiragana & Katakana

"Explained by Sensei"

Voice Consonants
Kya - Sha - Cha -
Nya -
Hya -
Mya -
Rya -

Shu - Chu -
Kyu - Hyu -
Nyu - Ryu -
Myu -

Kyo - Sho - Cho -

Nyo -
Hyo -
Ryo -
Myo -

Gya -
Ja -
Bya -
Pya -

Gyu - Ju -
Byu -
Pyu -

Gyo - Jo -
Byo -
Pyo -
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Special Cases
Hiragana follows a tradition in which the following three particles are written a special way:

'o' when used as a particle is typed as not

'e' when used as a particle is typed as not

'wa' when used as a particle is typed as not

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 Hayakawa Typing Exercise

Expression Definition

1 Thank you very much

2 (said before eating a meal)
3 Welcome (to a store)
4 () (when parting) Stay healthy
5 Please (do for me)
6 Good morning (very polite)
7 Good night (very polite)
8 Thank you for the meal (very polite)
9 It is I who should say so
10 May I come in
11 Sorry
12 Hello (good day)
13 Good Evening
14 Farewell
15 Sorry for my rudeness
16 Sorry for my rudeness
17 Sorry
18 Ok, I'll see you later
19 () (Not at all) you're welcome
20 Nice to meet you
21 () Pleased to meet you
 Hayakawa Typing Assignment
1. Write your name in Japanese using Katakana.

2. Write the following characters in hiragana

a /o ki / sa chi / ra ta /na

me / nu i / ri ma /mo ru /ro

Ke ho ha wa /re
/ne

3. Type the following words in using Hiragana

(blue)
(police)

(red)
(shoes)

(fall)
(you)

(station)
(dog)

(house)
(clothes)

(squid)
(box)

(face)
(star)

(top)
(ship)

(tomorrow)
(snow)

(watch)
(I)

(subway)
(spring)

(washing)

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