Kotoeri
is a discontinued Japanese language input method that came standard with OS X and earlier versions of Classic Mac OS until OS X Yosemite. Kotoeri (written  or ) literally means "word selection". Overview 
The name "Kotoeri" comes from the chapter of  in Tale of Genji: "". In version 4, Kotoeri added support for Ainu, colloquial language and Kansai dialect input, the ability to search for kanji among related characters using keyboard shortcuts, and the option to use key bindings similar to . Additionally, it allowed converting accidentally typed kana into romanized letters by pressing the  (alphanumeric) key twice and reverting confirmed characters to their original state by pressing the  (kana) key twice. Kotoeri supported key shortcuts including, for example, + to convert to Hiragana and + to convert to Katakana. Starting from OS X Yosemite (OS X version 10.10), which was released on October 16, 2014, Kotoeri was entirely replaced with a different . See also
 Japanese input methods
 Japanese language and computers
 Keyboard layout#Japanese

References

External links
 Apple - News Features in Panther "Kotoeri 4"
 Cognitive Research Lab Co., Ltd. - Company Information ... The original developer of Kotoeri (Daruma)

Input methods
Apple Inc. software
Japanese writing system
Japanese-language computing