Free Japanese keyboard online — romaji compose on first load (konnichiwa → こんにちは). Toggle hiragana or katakana, browse kana charts, copy phrases to social apps.
Typing never leaves your browser — nothing is sent to a server.
Click hiragana keys below or use the kana picker — Shift for がぎぐ…
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JIS hiragana keyboard
JIS hiragana keyboard
Japanese keyboard online
Type romaji — kanji candidates on space (nihongo → 日本語) or real-time kana when Kanji is off.
JIS hiragana layout with QWERTY hints plus kana picker.
Edit Japanese text directly without conversion.
Browse gojūon kana with romaji labels. Click to insert into the editor.
Ready-made greetings and everyday sentences — tap to insert or copy.
Dictate in Japanese with browser speech recognition — no upload.
Type Japanese online at KeyLingo with romaji compose — nihongo → 日本語 with kanji candidates, or hiragana/katakana fallback. 314-word dictionary, kana charts, JIS layout. Browser-based; not a replacement for Google Japanese Input.
Use the editor at the top of this page — works on desktop and mobile browsers without installing software.
The virtual keyboard opens by default. Click on-screen keys or type on your physical QWERTY keyboard with live key highlighting.
Use the mode tabs to switch to Romaji Compose or Unicode Editor — your draft text stays in the editor.
Click Copy and paste into WhatsApp, email, social apps, Google Docs, or any app that accepts Unicode.
Practical tips for Japanese input — layouts, accents, and common questions answered below.
KeyLingo opens with the JIS virtual keyboard — click kana keys or use the kana & punctuation picker. Switch to Romaji Compose to type Latin letters (konnichiwa, arigatou) and see real-time conversion to ひらがな or カタカナ. Toggle output script in the toolbar.
Standard Hepburn-style romaji: shi not si, tsu not tu, chi not ti, fu not hu. Small tsu: double consonant (kitte → きって) or xtu/ltu. Long vowels: ou, oo, or macrons. Switch to Romaji mode to type Latin without conversion.
For daily Japanese writing with kanji prediction, install Google Japanese Input or Microsoft IME. KeyLingo is for occasional kana typing, learning, homework, and devices where you cannot install software. We do not access OS candidate lists.
Browse 46+46 basic kana plus voiced forms and punctuation. Hiragana for native Japanese words; katakana for loanwords (コーヒー coffee, ホテル hotel).
KeyLingo defaults to romaji compose on phones. Disable aggressive autocorrect if it breaks romaji sequences. Use phrase copy buttons for quick LINE or social messages.
All typing and conversion run locally in your browser. KeyLingo never uploads your text.
Japanese keyboard, input methods, and privacy — answered clearly.
Open KeyLingo Japanese Keyboard, type romaji in the editor, and watch it convert to hiragana or katakana. Toggle ひらがな/カタカナ in the toolbar.
Yes — with Kanji assist on (default), type romaji words like nihongo or watashi and press space to pick kanji candidates. Unknown words fall back to hiragana/katakana. Dictionary coverage is a learning subset, not a full IME.
No. OS IMEs offer full kanji prediction and phrase segmentation. KeyLingo is a browser fallback for kana typing and learning.
Double the consonant: kitte → きって. You can also type xtu or ltu before the next syllable.
Yes. Click カタカナ in the toolbar — romaji converts to katakana (アイウエオ…).
No. Conversion runs locally in your browser.
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