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     How to compose Japanese email on PC of US Windows

 

Personal computer of US Windows can display Japanese font. So we can open emails written in Japanese at US PCs.
But we felt difficulty to compose email in Japanese because we don't know how to input Japanese font.
Here I like to introduce a method of sending Japanese email from US PC.

1. To check Japanese IME Installation 
  If you find "EN" icom at right bottom of the screen like below, click "EN". Then if you see "JP" then the PC have Japanese IME. Click "JP" icom. Then you can input Japanese words as you like.
    


2. Method of Installation of Japanese IME
   If you cannot find "EN" icom, then you can ask the shop to install Japanese IME. Installation shall be under Administrator login and with CD-ROM of Windows XP. 
   If you cannot do this, try the following method.

3. Method to use Ajax IME
   Ajax IME is IME that can get Japanese words on web browser. It will work on Firefox and Internet Explorer but not on Safari and Opera.
   Access to http://ajaxime.chasen.org/ .

4. Method to use Translation Service

Conditions:
1. US Windows PC which can display Japanese font connected to internet
2. You understand Japanese sentence for an extent.
3. You can use Japanese web mail such as Yahoo Japan mail etc

Method
If we have Japanese sentence on the screan of PC, we can use it for email by copy and paste.
We use English-Japanese translation website "Excite Translation" to get Japanese sentence.
Open "Excite Translation" site (
http://www.excite.co.jp/world/ ), input mail sentence in English.
Then select 「英→日(English-Japanese), and click 「翻訳 (Translation) button. Please wait for a moment during translation process.
When you get Japanese result, copy it to the email compose box of web mail.
If you are not happy with the translation result, you can get alternative words by the web dictionary on the same site.
You also can edit by the following hiragana katakana list by copy and paste.

あいうえお かきくけこ さしすせそ たちつてと なにぬねの
はひふへほ まみむめも やゆよ らりるれろ わ を ん
がぎぐげご ざじずぜぞ だぢづでど ばびぶべぼ
ぁぃぅぇぉ っ ゃゅょ
きゃきゅきょ しゃしゅしょ ちゃちゅちょ にゃにゅにょ
みゃみゅみょ りゃりゅりょ ぎゃぎゅぎょ じゃじゅじょ

アイウエオ カキクケコ サシスセソ タチツテト ナニヌネノ
ハヒフヘホ マミムメモ ヤユヨ ラリルレロ ワ ヲ ン
ァィゥェォ ッ ャュョ
キャキュキョ シャシュショ チャチュチョ ニャニュニョ
ミャミュミョ リャリュリョ ギャギュギョ ジャジュジョ

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