Macs can write in any language out of the box but with windows during or after the installation process you have to install asian languages before you can type in any asian language. So if you can, go find your installation disc.:)

I probably need to install the lang. pack too.

All I see is ??? ????? ?? :D

I installed the lang. pack (East Asian Lang.)

It costs around 250mb space... say, how many letters that kanji has, 80k?
:D

it's all in the language bar, as many of you know. you type the rômaji out, you get the kana, and then you'll get a drop-down list of kana/kanji combos, and you click on the right one. it's tedious, takes some practice, and I've found it to be unworkable in many circumstances, like in myspace. those of you with strong computer skills will have better luck: I've only been online for 2 years, so I struggle, at times:confused:

The biggest Japanese compilation of kanji contains about 50,000 characters. However, the vast majority of them are archaic and/or hardly used at all. There are several standards for kanji counts. The standard needed for "general use", as they call it, is just under 2,000 kanji. Learning these 2,000 kanji would make you considered literate in Japanese (assuming you know all readings for these kanji as well as Japanese vocabulary). There are, however, a lot more kanji needed to delve into specific topics (such as medicine, industry, sciences, etc).

And for the linux users:
there you install Japanese and then you can write Japanese with this SCIM (Smart Common Input Method), very easy to use...

The thing I hate about the IME is sometimes it can't recognize some word combos, like kattai for combination.

Once I had a nightmare with getting it to put "tsuki" into kanji.

やった！！　私わ　日本語。。。。
さようなら

It's nice to see that you can write with japanese characters now.

But it must be は, not わ. :mtongue: :D