Japanese is written with hiragana, katakana and kanji. This keyboard types kana with the JIS kana layout, where each key stands for one sound such as あ or か, and one click switches it to katakana.
Each box shows a key on a US (QWERTY) keyboard, the Japanese character it types, and in grey the character it types with Shift.
Open this page and start typing. Each key on your keyboard is turned into the Japanese character in the same position, as shown in the table above, so you don't need to change any settings. On a phone or tablet, tap the keys on screen.
Type the kana, then press ゛ (dakuten) or ゜ (handakuten): か then ゛ gives が, and は then ゜ gives ぱ. Tick "Type katakana" to switch every key to katakana.
Yes. Press Copy, then paste it into an email, a document, a search box or a chat. You can also save it as a .txt file, or send it to Google Search or Google Translate with one click.
Your text stays in this browser on your device and is kept for your next visit. It is only sent somewhere if you press the Google Search or Translate button.