12-key kana input
Type kana with a phone-friendly 12-key layout. Adjust flick or multi-tap input, repeat delay, sensitivity, and flick hit areas. Choose Japanese, English, or number modes and configure key guides.
FEATURES
What you can do with Sumire
Combine input methods, conversion, dictionaries, and display options to fit the way you type. Some features depend on your settings or the text field in use.
MADE FOR YOUR WORDS
One keyboard.
So many ways to make it yours.
Find your combination of layouts, words, and personal details.
01
INPUT MODES
Choose an input method
Gojūon layout
Enter characters from a keyboard arranged by the Japanese gojūon syllabary.
Sumire layout
Use Sumire's original kana layout. Adjust key arrangement, input style, flick origin, key guides, and special keys. Optional actions include donut input, three-row flick, and Circular Flick.
QWERTY English input
Type English on a QWERTY layout. The beta glide input shows English word candidates from a finger path across the keys. Configure number keys, punctuation, cursor, emoji, and popups.
QWERTY romaji input
Type Japanese with romaji on a QWERTY layout. The romaji conversion table can be customized.
Custom keyboard
Select a custom layout stored on the device and adjust key size, tap and flick output, guides, and how multi-character input is committed.
Floating and split layouts
Float the keyboard and change its position or size. Configure tablet layouts and landscape behavior. Available layouts depend on the device and screen.
Physical keyboard
Options are available for typing and shortcut behavior with a connected physical keyboard.
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CONVERSION
Convert while you review suggestions
Prediction and phrase editing
Show Japanese and English predictions and conversion candidates. Configure beta live conversion, inline candidates, and follow-up suggestions after committing text. Adjust candidate-row height, columns, and tabs. Choose how to split or move between phrase segments and restore a reading.
Typing correction
Set up correction for Japanese flick and English QWERTY input, as well as typing that omits modifier keys. Control candidate order and sources, including N-gram, the system dictionary, and external Mozc dictionaries.
Calculations and unit conversion
Enter an expression and use its calculated result as a candidate. Expression results appear after regular candidates and are never committed automatically. Set angle units and calculation precision. Unit conversion covers length, area, volume, mass, temperature, speed, pressure, energy, power, time, and data.
FROM READING TO WORDことば言葉
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DICTIONARIES & TOOLS
Use dictionaries and tools
User and learning dictionaries
Add words and readings for conversion and prediction. Choose what the learning dictionary records and whether learned candidates appear, including in secret mode.
External dictionaries and blocked words
Use external files, the system user dictionary, system dictionary, and Mozc dictionaries as candidate sources. Manage words hidden from suggestions and labels for dictionary candidates.
Text snippets and macros
Save frequently used text for quick entry. Dynamic snippets can also appear in readings and candidate lists.
Emoji, symbols, and kaomoji
Pick emoji, symbols, and Japanese text faces from dedicated keyboards. Options control their display and suggestions.
Clipboard
Open clipboard history and configure its candidates, tap-to-delete, pins, and automatic removal of unpinned entries. Customize the shortcut toolbar or combine it with the candidate row.
Backup
Back up and restore settings. Follow the in-app prompts before using these actions.
04
EDITING
Edit and manage text
Move the cursor and undo
Move the cursor by long-pressing the space key and undo input. Choose whether to show cursor buttons.
Delete-key actions
Assign actions to left, right, or upward flicks on the delete key. Choose which symbols to delete and how long-press conversion works.
Adapt to the text field
Set suggestions for password fields and behavior when an app does not specify an input type. Configure full-screen landscape input and cursor movement after committing paired symbols.
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PERSONALIZATION
Adjust appearance and behavior
Themes and key display
Choose a keyboard theme and use an image or video as its background. Adjust background fitting, video quality, key labels, candidate row, floating view, position, size, and corner radius.
Touch, vibration, and sound
Adjust touch effects, including color, strength, response, rendering quality, and motion. Configure key vibration, sounds, volume, and long-press delay.
Input languages and layouts
Configure input languages, keyboard layouts, and the contents of secondary keyboards.
Voice input
Open speech recognition available on the device. Service support and network requirements vary by device and recognition provider.
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FULL EDITION AI
zenz and Gemma in Full
zenz AI conversion
Configure AI predictions, typing correction, and conversion candidate order. Adjust profiles, context, inference delay, and limits.
Gemma translation and actions
Select a supported model installed on the device, choose translation targets and a backend, and create Gemma actions with instructions for text, images, and audio. Check the app settings for supported model details.
Handwriting keyboard
Write on screen to recognize characters. Adjust recognition delay, pen width and color, recognition languages, and extra hints.
Full-only features
zenz, Gemma translation and actions, and the handwriting keyboard are for Full and are not included in Lite. Availability depends on the device, settings, app version, and required models.
FULL & LITE
Compare edition settings
The settings guide lists defaults, choices or ranges, and the editions that include each setting—including Full-only AI options.
EXPLORE
Find the setting you need
Search the settings guide by name, default, available values, or Full / Lite edition.