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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
It does take longer to type in Japanese, but unless you are writing a multi-page document it's not a problem.
Stitchawl
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It may take longer to type a single character/letter but in practice, with practice, its about the same for an equivalent piece of text on a normal computer keyboard.
English: 210 characters including spaces
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Japanese: 82 characters
我らは以下の諸事実を自明なものと見なす、すべての人間は平等につくられている、創造主によって，生存，自 由そして幸福の追求を含むある侵すべからざる権利を与えられている、
Japanese as entered on a QWERTY keyboard: 202 key presses, including henkan after every kanji compound (denoted as:_)
warera_haikano_shojijitsu_wojimei_namonotominasu_. subetenoninngennha_byoudou_nitsukurareteiru.souzou shuniyotte_,seizonn_,jiyuu_,soshitekoufuku_notsuik yuu_wofukumu_aruokasu_bekarazukenri_woataerareteir u,
Character count for an equivalent block of text is usually less in Japanese. There are differences in entry methods that increase or decrease WPM. In practical terms however, its about the same with JP entry being slightly faster for those equally adept in both languages.