Hiragana in gojūon order — あいうえお, かきくけこ and on — with Shift for katakana. The ゛ and ゜ keys add the voicing marks (か → が), and small ゃ, ゅ, ょ and っ are in the extra row. On a computer keyboard you can type in romaji.
Type in romaji and it turns into kana: ka → か, shi → し, kka → っか. Hold Shift for katakana; the hyphen key types ー.
How to use the keyboard
01Click or tap the keysLetters appear in the box above. Shift types capitals and the characters in the corner of a key; press it twice for Caps Lock.
02Or type on your own keyboardWith “Type with my computer keyboard” on, you type Japanese in romaji: ka turns into か, and Shift gives katakana. Nothing to install.
03Listen to your textListen opens the text in our text-to-speech tool, where a natural voice reads it aloud — a quick way to check spelling and pronunciation.
04Copy and pasteCopy the text and paste it into a message, an email, a search box or a document. It stays in this browser until you clear it.