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Switch suggestion dictionary - for MAC OS japanese input

Hello everyone,


As I am studying japanese right now, I am using my mac to input a lot of text, and my input method is the following : I input my text in latin characters (romaji), as if I would be writing japanese "phonetically" with our alphabet, and the input give me the possible japanese words. Next to these japanese words, the dictionary with it's definition opens up.



Unfortunately, the dictionary it opens is a complicated one with definitions all explained in japanese, and using a japanese-english dictionary would be much more efficient for me. I have one, but I cannot find a place to replace it in the input method!


After googling a lot, I have not found a solution for this...

Does anyone know of a way to do it?

Thank you in advance

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.4

Posted on Mar 25, 2022 7:42 AM

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Posted on Mar 25, 2022 8:50 AM

It's not possible as far as I know with the Apple IM.


Japanese Input Method User Guide for Mac - Apple Support


You might check the alternative Google IM, which I think some users prefer


http://www.google.co.jp/intl/ja/ime/


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Switch suggestion dictionary - for MAC OS japanese input

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