Google CGI API for Japanese Input (Google-CGIAPI-Jp) is CGI service to provide Japanese conversion on the Internet by Google. Install the SKK dictionaries ( skk-jisyo) and the engine for your framework. A unique feature of SKK is that it converts words one by one (single-word conversion), without analyzing syntax or grammar. Masahiko Sato (Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University) (old link) and created in 1987. SKK (Simple Kana to Kanji conversion program) is a Japanese input method on Emacs. See the article for the installation procedure. The dictionary adds over 500,000 words into original. Mozc is a Japanese Input Method Editor (IME) designed for multi-platform such as Chromium OS, Windows, Mac and Linux which originates from Google Japanese Input.Ĭustom package mozc-ut2 AUR comes with. It was named after kkc.el in GNU Emacs, a simple Kana Kanji converter, while libkkc tries to convert sentences in a bit more complex way using N-gram language models. Libkkc ( libkkc) provides a converter from Japanese Kana-string to Kana-Kanji-mixed-string. Install anthy and the engine for your framework. While Anthy is supported by all IM frameworks, it is effectively dead (its last release was 2009). The following input method (IM) engines are available for Japanese:Īnthy can convert Hiragana to Kanji. You should have ja_JP.UTF-8 enabled in /etc/locale.gen.

ttf-vlgothic AUR - Japanese Gothic fonts.

It includes all of Japanese Hiragana/Katakana, Basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement, Latin Extended-A, IPA Extensions and most of Japanese Kanji, Greek, Cyrillic, Vietnamese with 7 weights (proportional) or 5 weights (monospace).

ttf-mplus AUR - Modern Gothic style Japanese outline fonts.

ttf-monapo AUR - Japanese fonts to show 2channel Shift JIS art properly.

ttf-koruri AUR - Japanese TrueType font obtained by mixing ttf-mplus AUR and Open Sans.

This is outdated and not maintained any more, but may be defined as a fallback font on several environments.

ttf-sazanami - Japanese free TrueType font.

ttf-hanazono - A free Japanese kanji font, style Mincho (serif).

otf-ipafont - Formal style Japanese Gothic (sans-serif) and Mincho (serif) fonts set one of the highest quality open source font.

adobe-source-han-serif-jp-fonts - Japanese OpenType/CFF fonts, style Mincho (serif).

adobe-source-han-sans-jp-fonts - Japanese OpenType/CFF fonts, style Gothic (sans-serif).

Recommended Japanese fonts are as follows: To use any Japanese input method, you need to have Japanese fonts installed. See also Font configuration for configuration or more detail.

Japanese fonts for windows