This picture from the Japanese IME article on Wikipedia is a pretty good demonstration on typical use: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IME_demonstratie_-_

This picture from the Japanese IME article on Wikipedia is a pretty good demonstration on typical use: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IME_demonstratie_-_Matsuo_Bashou_-_Furu_ikeya_kawazu_tobikomu_mizuno_oto.png https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IME_demonstratie_-_Mats...