Japanese often type in "Romaji" (a romanized transliteration of Japanese). Basically, they type phonetically in roman characters and the computer suggests/autoc

Japanese often type in "Romaji" (a romanized transliteration of Japanese). Basically, they type phonetically in roman characters and the computer suggests/autocompletes characters which match the phonetics. It's a little like typing SMSs in T9 on old numberpad phones.