

It creates a situation where it is “Japanese or nothing”, and that way you do learn to understand. The Tadashiku School of Japanese recommends struggling with a Japanese-language Kindle. Select 言語とキーボード (Language and Keyboard)Īnd there you are. Select the same round thing at the end (now called その他).Ģ. You will get used to it.īut don’t worry if that is too daunting. You have a Japanese-speaking Kindle now, and I recommend it as good practice. You even have Japanese (as well as English) predictive text.īut be aware that your home screen now also looks like this: This is what your keyboard now looks like:īy using the key (circled) in the bottom left, you can switch between kana (which converts to kanji in the same way as your computer’s input) and romaji, so you have the best of all worlds. Pull down the settings menu and click the “More” item. Stop press: You can type in Japanese without changing the device’s language by following the directions below and choosing “Keyboard” instead of “Language” in Step 3 (but where’s the sport in that?)Įnable Japanese text input on Kindle Fireġ.

So here is the Cure Tadashiku step-by-step guide on how to make your Kindle Fire talk Japanese (you can click any picture to get a bigger view):

It is really easy too.Īfter unsuccessful Googling, a little experimentation helped me find the way. It is possible to type Japanese text on Kindle Fire without rooting the device.
