Questions tagged [mozc]

Mozc is an input method editor derived from Google Japanese Input.

Mozc is a Japanese Input Method Editor (IME) designed for multi-platform such as Chromium OS, Windows, Mac and Linux. This open-source project originates from Google Japanese Input.

Source: Mozc on Google Code

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Make IBus-Mozc start in Hiragana rather than Direct input mode

Every time I restart my computer and want to type in Japanese, pressing Super+Space is not enough, I also have to select Hiragana in Mozc's menu: It gets me everytime. It is a bit like if your car's brake acted as an accelerator the first time you…
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How do I switch input modes in mozc without going to the IBus menu?

I have installed mozc (a Japanese input method editor (IME)) on Ubuntu 14.10. It is working fine. I am able to write in Japanese by going to the icon in the upper-right-hand corner of my screen (what do you call this?) and selecting Hiragana or…
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Japanese input on 16.04 with Fcitx and Mozc

Typing Japanese on Ubuntu used to mean ibus-mozc , but ibus-mozc has been less and less maintained since 2015 : Ubuntu 15.10 is supposed to start using Fcitx rather than ibus as their default input method (input method framework), which is another…
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Japanese default input mode

I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 on my PC, I use Mozc to input Japanese. Its default input mode is direct input(input English), I need to change it to hirakana everytime after restarting PC. Can I make hirakana to default?
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How do I toggle to katakana input from hiragana with fcitx-mozc text entry? (16.04)

I am using a Japanese 109-key keyboard. I can use the zenkaku (全角) toggle key to switch between romaji and hiragana input, but the katakana/hiragana/romaji (カタカナ・ひらがな・ローマ字) toggle key has no effect. (I'm using Ubuntu 16.04)
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Japanese IME clueless about certain words

I have the impression that Japanese input method editor (変換) is not as good as it used to be (can't tell since when). When I type "terekomu" and transform, the IME does not propose テレコム (a very usual word) but テレ込む which makes no sense. Using Ubuntu…
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How do I toggle input modes with Mozc?

I'm using Gnome with an international keyboard and I configured it to use fcitx IBus. I also installed Google_Japanese_Input in Windows, where it behaves as expected : Alt + Shift switch between languages (IMEs) Ctrl + Caps Lock switch to Hiragana…
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Mozc does not work for Qt applications

I installed Ubuntu Natty 2011.04 from scratch, and then mozc (Google's IME, which I prefer to other options) which provides Japanese input. It works in all applications EXCEPT Qt-based applications like Opera, Anki, ksnapshot, ... How can I fix it,…
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Where are mozc settings in Ubuntu 19.04?

I want to modify the Mozc settings. Problem: Clicking the gear at the right of Japanese (Mozc) has no effect: On previous versions of Ubuntu , a workaround was to run /usr/lib/mozc/mozc_tool --mode=config_dialog from command line, but that…
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How to set up Ubuntu to less easily make full-width/half-width number mistakes?

In Japanese, numbers can be written either full-width or half-width: Full-width: １２３４５６７８９０ Half-width: 1234567890 Nowadays in my field everyone use half-width, and using full-width is seen as a gross lack of professionalism. Unfortunately Ubuntu…
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Japanese (Mozc) Wrong Keyboard Layout

I just upgraded from Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04 because of the Japanese (Mozc) Keyboard Layout problem and it persists in 18.04. Here is the problem described: When using mozc to input Japanese, it's using the last selected keyboard layout to input…
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Typed characters disappear when moving mouse (Firefox/Rikaichan/IBus-Mozc)

Characters sometimes disappears on Firefox: Enable IBus-Mozc to type in Japanese Type g Type a . The character が appears. Don't type Enter . Move the mouse The character disappears I would report a bug, but I have no idea who is at fault here: It…
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Mozc on eclipse etc. not working 16.04 LTS

I am using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and want to write Japanese in all applications. I've installed mozc and it works in some applications but not in Eclipse or SzeneBuilder. I also tried to install qt4 ibus but it didn't help. Thanks in advance! EDIT1 :…
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How to type Japanese Postal Mark like this 〒?

Based on Wikipedia , to type a Japanese postal mark, one should type 「ゆうびん」and choose the available kanji conversion. Using mozc, I cannot find a Japanese postal mark in the kanji conversion to choose. Hence, how to type 〒 using mozc > Hiragana…
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Japanese (mozc) does not show up in 22.04

I've already uninstalled and reinstalled Japanese in my Language Support, but Japanese (mozc) does not show up. I didn't tried anything else so far besides that. I'm using iBus. Keyboard layout. Japanese input methods that shows up.
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