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Kotoeri Key Commands

Does anyone know how to create a small katakana character using a key command in Kotoeri? For instance: a small vowel after デ such as イ.

MBP 15 early '08, Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Nov 15, 2008 9:22 AM

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Nov 15, 2008 12:48 PM in response to hermexial

I shall note that supposedly typing the letter "l" before a vowel will reduce its size. As it should, seeing as how (though some transliterate differently) there is no L sound in Japanese, but instead more of an R.

So to get ラ リ ル レ ロ, one would type ra ri ru re ro. This leaves the L free to serve the proposed function. And this works out perfectly in Windows, and it is possible to set Kotoeri to function "like windows", as it is put.

However I prefer the way that Kotoeri operates, save for the fact that typing L before a vowel gives me the same result as would an R, instead of minimizing the vowel.

Nov 15, 2008 12:54 PM in response to hermexial

Well...That is in fact a hiragana chart, and while the alternate sound glossary is a useful thing to have, my inquiry is how to make those entries occur using Kotoeri.


That's not a chart of "sounds". As implied by the url, it provides the Kotoeri input codes. Surely you know the hiragana for デ and イ. Is DHI what you want? That gives me でぃ in Hiragana and ディ in Katakana.

Nov 15, 2008 1:38 PM in response to hermexial

PS You might want to have a look at the Kotoeri Help (at the bottom of the "flag" menu when Kotoeri input is active). It has the chart I referenced earlier, plus info on switching to Windows-like keyboard operation (Kotoeri Preferences > Operation > bottom right checkbox) and lots of other stuff of possible interest.

Small vowels can also be made independently by putting X first (Mac or Windows operation) or L first (Windows-like operation). This is shown in the second row of the two charts.

Kotoeri Key Commands

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