親おや指ゆびシフト

Meanings

thumb shift

A Japanese keyboard layout where the thumb keys are used to shift between kana rows, designed for efficient Japanese input. Domain-specific computing term.

親おや指ゆびシフトは、日本にほん語ご入にゅう力りょくのためのキー配はい列れつの一ひとつです。
Thumb shift is one of the keyboard layouts for Japanese input.
彼かれは親おや指ゆびシフトを使つかって素す早ばやくタイピングしている。
He is typing quickly using the thumb shift layout.

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Kanji

親parent, intimacy, relative
指finger, point to, indicate

Related words

かな入にゅう力りょく
かな入力 is a direct kana input method where each key corresponds to a kana character, while 親指シフト uses simultaneous thumb-key presses to produce kana, allowing more keys to be assigned to frequently used characters.
ローマ字じ入にゅう力りょく
ローマ字入力 is romanized Japanese input, the most common method today, whereas 親指シフト is a specialized kana-based layout that can be faster for trained typists but has a steeper learning curve.

Word family

親おや指ゆびシフトキーボード
thumb shift keyboard

Built from

親おや指ゆび+シフト

Etymology

Compound of 親指 (thumb) and シフト (shift), referring to the use of the thumbs to press shift keys in this keyboard layout. Developed by Fujitsu in the late 1970s.