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I think the biggest problem is that if you type "reiwa" in an IME, 令和 wouldn't be shown as a suggestion because it wasn't a real word before. You'd have to writ
by Grue3 8y ago
I think the biggest problem is that if you type "reiwa" in an IME, 令和 wouldn't be shown as a suggestion because it wasn't a real word before. You'd have to write each character separately.
Also speaking of Abe I saw a joke that you could see アベ in the era name if you look closely. http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/animanmatome/imgs/5/f/5fa3bffe-s.jpg http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/animanmatome/imgs/5/f/5fa3bffe-s....
- zhte415 8y agoWouldn't the IME remember it for next time? And IME updates include it? So at most type it explicitly as two characters once per IME/device?
- Freak_NL 8y agoYes, yes, and mostly yes. This is no different from entering a name of someone written with a less common combination of kanji. You can either enter the word phonetically and pick the kanji you want (this trains the IME), or manually add an IME dictionary entry. I fully expect all IME's in common use to have updates for this within days, if not already.
- glandium 8y agoI did have to input the characters one by one the first time. Not afterwards. IMEs are usually good at this game.
- readyp1 8y agoI'm pretty sure IME updates take care of it just fine... when I woke up this morning and tried out Microsoft's Japanese IME after finding out the new era name, れいわ became 令和 on the first try - no messing around with the "misconversion" data necessary. Despite that, Gboard's Japanese version hasn't caught up yet, but I imagine that'll be updated fairly quickly, either manually or OTA.