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      Google Japanese Input

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      Google Japanese Input, optimized for Android devices. Featuring a rich and relevant vocabulary set and convenient conversion capability to increase the efficiency of Japanese Input.

      * Features
      - Rich and relevant vocabulary set. We have extracted all the right words from our desktop version to cover all the mobile use case: from writing an email to looking up a map and writing something on your favorite social network site and so on.
      -- Places: [東京都中央卸売市場] [秋葉原ラジオ会館] [立山黒部アルペンルート]
      -- Celebrity : [徳川光圀] [織田信秀]
      -- Foreign words : [Android(あんどろいど)] [Bistro(びすとろ)] [Trattoria(とらっとりあ)]

      - Neat features. Take advantage of unique handy features such as:
      -- 「きょう」to get today's date or「いま」to get the current time.
      -- Just type「1203」and get suggestions like [12月3日(日付)] or [12:03(時刻)]
      -- Smart suffixes: after typing a number, you will get the right suffix. Some examples: [12 → 月、時] [100 → 円、万] [246 → 号、沿い]

      * Requirements
      - Android 2.1 or later.

      ■ Notes
      - All the Google Japanese Input product, including this Android version, can be used without any active network connection.

      My review
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      Reviews

      4.2
      51,286 total
      5 28,899
      4 11,164
      3 5,463
      2 2,315
      1 3,444
      Fernando Salazar
      Japanese uses words to combine and that is how it makes new words, it uses words as syllabus to make words, translations are very often wrong, because they need to arrange the sentences.
      Tara Nicole Payne
      buggy UI Most people cant see the UI because its covered in a black layer. Fix this and I will rate 5 stars.
      Shizuka Doku
      It works, but could be better... Please have an option to to turn off suggestions in the english portion, it takes up a little unnecessary room on my phone's screen, and is kind of annoying... Plus the spacebar is too short for my preference... I keep on pressing the period when I want space... And lastly, it would be really awesome to have the option of swiping on the letters for punctuations, similar to the down swipe for uppercase letters.
      Phil Charbonneau
      Please Add Language Button like on New Google Keyboard Layout! It would be perfect if it had this. Without it, switching back and forth between Japanese and English takes a bit longer than it should fit those of us who have to switch all the time.
      Nart Wumar
      it would be better if there is an option to remove the . and ? since it easy to miss click them when going for the space
      Sanish Josi
      Very helpful This is a very good keyboard app. Very fine and smooth

      User reviews

      Fernando Salazar April 21, 2016
      Japanese uses words to combine and that is how it makes new words, it uses words as syllabus to make words, translations are very often wrong, because they need to arrange the sentences.
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      Tara Nicole Payne April 13, 2016
      buggy UI Most people cant see the UI because its covered in a black layer. Fix this and I will rate 5 stars.
      Full Review
      Shizuka Doku June 5, 2016
      It works, but could be better... Please have an option to to turn off suggestions in the english portion, it takes up a little unnecessary room on my phone's screen, and is kind of annoying... Plus the spacebar is too short for my preference... I keep on pressing the period when I want space... And lastly, it would be really awesome to have the option of swiping on the letters for punctuations, similar to the down swipe for uppercase letters.
      Full Review
      Phil Charbonneau May 20, 2016
      Please Add Language Button like on New Google Keyboard Layout! It would be perfect if it had this. Without it, switching back and forth between Japanese and English takes a bit longer than it should fit those of us who have to switch all the time.
      Full Review
      Nart Wumar April 19, 2016
      it would be better if there is an option to remove the . and ? since it easy to miss click them when going for the space
      Full Review
      Sanish Josi June 14, 2016
      Very helpful This is a very good keyboard app. Very fine and smooth
      Full Review
      wolfwrcx June 20, 2016
      Settings It would be nice if you could combine the 2 keyboards into one. At the very least make the pop-up key press feedback the same on both keyboards. It drives me nuts that it is different
      Full Review
      Josephine Huang May 24, 2016
      No emoji I downloaded the Japanese keyboard, but the emojis under the "smiley face" button/category doesn't appear, even when the text field supports those kinds of emojis.
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      gerentfox June 2, 2016
      I really like the input for hiragana, but the English needs an actual keyboard option and there is no katakana at all.
      Full Review
      shivraj mysore April 7, 2016
      Super I love it one more all my best friend's download app
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      Scott Spencer May 12, 2016
      Would like to see a handwritten input option for Kanji like there is for Hanzi on the Pinyin input, otherwise it's perfect.
      Full Review
      Frazer Brunton May 5, 2016
      Now all I have to do is learn Japanese and find someone to use it with...for frack sakes Google!
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      Neoflas Technology June 10, 2016
      Hard to use I don't use Japanese keyboards that much, but it would be nice if all of the letters weren't clustered into sections. It should be like an American keyboard, but you can slide left and right for Hiragana, Katakana, and most commonly used Kanji letters.
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      Derpy Ahsoka April 15, 2016
      Really Good! i use it all the time!初音ミクが支配する
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      Josa Booba May 15, 2016
      Why constant update reminder ? English language user, so why is this constantly being pushed at me. Korean and 2 or 3 other completely unnecessary to my region. My bucket list does not include learning these languages.
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      Zac J June 8, 2016
      Romanji and Flick typing is great Both romanji inputs and the flick typing is great, and especially with the romanji predictions. the gighlight system is slighty annoying when trying to type in english, but its just something you have to fiddle around with to get used to.
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      Samantha Gohl April 21, 2016
      Katakana? This is pretty easy to use but I have one problem. I can't find any katakana alphabet. Only hirigana. This is really troublesome for me. If there is one and I just haven't found it then please tell where it is.
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      Apathetic Animations April 16, 2016
      Good for learning Japanese If you are attempting to learn Japanese, then this keyboard will force you to learn the characters over time instead of converting romanji to kana and kanji for you.
      Full Review
      George Poon April 8, 2016
      Love the Emoji It is a good emoji keyboard from the trusted developer. But, can we use emoji from all your listed providers at the same time?
      Full Review
      Jean Abboud May 16, 2016
      Don't need this, yet it is pushed to my phone. Dont become a Samsung Google.
      Full Review
      Boi Boi May 23, 2016
      Decent! But I wish there was a larger space bar to avoid mis-clicking, and a faster way to alternate between the original keyboard and this one.
      Full Review
      Panchanan Biswal June 19, 2016
      Waste app Don't like this app forced on my smartphone. Can't remove this app.
      Full Review
      Leica T June 9, 2016
      Please trace input option!! 10key, flick... Next trace!!
      Full Review
      tawfeeq khan May 29, 2016
      I don't need it . allow me to remove it
      Full Review
      Jean Paul Iragorri May 17, 2016
      please make an option to hide the sugestions in qwerty mode
      Full Review
      Syed Zia-ul Hussain April 25, 2016
      Why?? Why would I need it and update it every other day when I don't even speak this language?? such a waste.
      Full Review
      Jeyrhald Ryand Pruna May 7, 2016
      Love it. ☆\(^ω^\) It really helped me to write japanese. I am really enjoying to use this when I talk to my friends.
      Full Review
      Iam TheOfficial May 22, 2016
      ありがとうございます. すっごいですね
      Full Review
      Aura K May 14, 2016
      してください ありガッしております
      Full Review
      Elisha Faith Dumlao May 15, 2016
      great app! helps me memorize hiragana faster. あいして!
      Full Review
      Jerryt Mos April 30, 2016
      Really helpful It solved the problem of inputting Japanese.
      Full Review
      Julious San Jose May 15, 2016
      Hiragang only, katakana not included
      Full Review
      Muh Imam Tommy June 19, 2016
      Kana How do I type Kana? the way it is, i only choose the kana i type with hiragana.
      Full Review
      Thomas Crawford April 14, 2016
      Good Good app if anyone is looking for a Japanese key. Me and my friends have been learning Japanese and we use this app a lot.
      Full Review
      Fox Person June 2, 2016
      Yuss Where have you been!!
      Full Review
      Manavver Sultan June 8, 2016
      1 star because 0 star not available. Japanese are you serious??? Time for English. Thank you.
      Full Review
      Faith Lee May 21, 2016
      终于升级 MD 风格,2.2 到 5.0 大跃进。多加一颗星
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      Argers Gulka April 7, 2016
      Great ...but how do i write in katakana
      Full Review
      hadi wijaya June 4, 2016
      Katakana? How do I input that?
      Full Review
      TheShipper May 31, 2016
      Nice one! And please tell me is this hiragana?but still I love it
      Full Review
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      What's New

      - Improved suggestion to show Emoji/Emoticon when special text (e.g, "あめ") is input.
      - (Lollipop) Introduced input-mode popup for hardware keyboard.
      - Improved suggestion to show calculation result when math formula is input.
      - Supported Android-TV.
      - Updated dictionary.

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      April 7, 2016
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