No problem at all.

This topic update is for users which tried already the description below.

In the meantime I prefer uim-xim with engine anthy as input method. Instead of ime I am using ime2 with this content:

And instead of running kinput2 in background I start the following:

That's it. The rest is as with kinput2 described below.

...and after a brandnew installation of my system I was able to figure out the needed packages for uim-xim:

...just install with all dependencies.

There is also one interesting engine... scim with skim for kde... but did not figure out how to use it yet. If you have any details please let me know.

Generate the locale ja_JP

by adding the following line to /etc/locale.gen

Then execute locale-gen.

Create an executable file called /usr/bin/ime containing

Then start any program you like with

* Make sure canna server is running

* Start kinput2 -canna in background

* Start any program using ime programname

* Then you can activate kinput2 by pressing SHIFT+SPACE

* If it is active it will convert romaji input into kana and kanji. If you want to accept the underlined text press RETURN.

* To switch possible kanji/kana press SPACE while your input is highlighted.

* For little kana prefix the input with x.

Sucessfully tested programs (on a basically english system using german keyboard for input): kterm, kate, gimp

If you need a terminal window supporting kanji/kana try kterm.

The package kanjipad might also be interesting for you.