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変換候補 (へんかんこうほ, henkankouho) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

変へん換かん候こう補ほ

へ

ん

か

ん

こ

う

ほ

Meanings

1

conversion candidate

In an input method editor (IME), the list of possible kanji or word suggestions shown when converting kana input.

IMEで「きょう」と入にゅう力りょくすると、変へん換

かん

候こう

補ほ

に

「

今日きょう

」

や

「

京きょう

」

が

表ひょう

示じ

さ

れる

。

When you type 'kyou' in an IME, conversion candidates like '今日' and '京' appear.

Kanji

変unusual, change, strange
換interchange, period, change
候climate, season, weather
補supplement, supply, make good

Related words

変へん換かん
変換 is the general term for conversion; 変換候補 specifically refers to the candidate list in an IME.
予よ測そく変へん換かん
予測変換 is predictive conversion that suggests words before typing is complete; 変換候補 is the resulting list of candidates.

Built from

変へん換かん+候こう補ほ

Etymology

Compound of 変換 (conversion) and 候補 (candidate). A straightforward technical term from computing.