## Windows Alt + (backquote): Switch from entering just letters like these to kana like this: かな. if you type "kana" when the symbol on the taskbar is an "A" it will just be "kana" but if the symbol is あ then it will become "かな" Space: Conversion. When you want to type a kanji, you have to type its reading, and then use space to convert it. Due to Japanese's… japanesesiness, there are multiple conversion candidates for the kana you entered. Let's try a word you probably just learned, like 言う. To type that in kanji you have to switch to kana input mode (the あ symbol) and type いう, then press space until 言う is selected, and then press Enter. If you want to enter kana without converting, just type what you want and press enter. F7: Katakana conversion