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## Example

The Japanese word for summer is 夏, which is a single kanji character. Its phonetic romanization is "natsu."
The Japanese word for summer is 夏, which is a single kanji character. Its phonetic romanization is "natsu" or "natu."
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I've never seen つ romanized as "tu" and I've never heard 夏 pronounced as natu...

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It's true that 夏 is never pronounced as "natu" but it is romanized as "natu" in both the Kunrei and Nihonshiki systems, which are used in Japan and by ISO. These systems were designed for use by Japanese speakers who know Japanese phonology and will automatically supply the missing "s" when reading them. The spelling "natsu" is based on the Hepburn system, which is more popular outside Japan, since it reflects the actual pronunciation. That said, if the article is solely written for non-Japanese speakers, then "natsu" by itself is probably fine.


To type the word, select the Japanese keyboard layout from the system tray and change to Japanese hiragana input mode, if necessary. Then type "natsu" without any spaces. You see that the Japanese IME turns your input into hiragana syllables: なつ
To type the word, select the Japanese keyboard layout from the system tray and change to Japanese hiragana input mode, if necessary. Then type "natsu" or "natu" without any spaces. You see that the Japanese IME turns your input into hiragana syllables: なつ
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...consequently, while Japanese people might type tu for つ, this article is not intended for people who are proficient in Japanese; it's intended for people who are not proficient in Japanese but want to understand how to interact with the IME. I think that it is clearer as is - they hear natsu and type na-tsu, not na-tu.


The candidate window also opens and shows a list of matches. But all you need to finish the character and convert it into kanji is to select the Spacebar once. If you select Enter, the Japanese IME keeps the word in hiragana.