Windows 10: I cannot type phonetically in Japanese hiragana using qwerty keyboard Windows 10

Hi all


I want to type phonetically in hiragana using the Qwerty keyboard. Currently when I type, say, "h" + "a", instead of getting "ha" I get .


This is odd, since a Japanese keyboard layout would produce a different result again. The "h" key would be the hiragana "mi" and the "a" key would be the hiragana "wo".


I have read through many threads online here and elsewhere, and watched Youtube tutorials but cannot find a solution to my problem. Most people's issues are to do with toggling between languages or script types in Japanese. This is not my issue.


I have tried changing the keyboard from English 101/102 key to Japanese 106/109 key and this didn't solve it.


I have a new Asus laptop with i7 chip. Can't find the specs of which build of Windows it is, but the laptop itself is only a month old. A previous laptop with an older version of Windows 10 didn't have this problem.


Looking forward to some help!


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Microsoft support suggests that you can use the hotkeys
to switch between input modes quickly:

• Press + to change the input language
• Press + to change to Hiragana
• Press + to change to Katakana
• Press + to toggle between alphanumeric and kana modes

As a side note: if you were really intent on making Hiragana your default input, you could write an
AutoHotkey script to do this for you. However, this involves understanding that scripting language.

source:
http://superuser.com/questions/180188/microsoft-ime-japanese-force-hiragana-input-by-default?rq=1

 

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