Search Japanese text
The feature described in this Help topic is only available if support for Japanese is enabled through Microsoft Office Language Settings.
- On the Edit menu, click Find, and then click the Find tab.
- In the Find what box, enter the text that you want to search for.
- Click More.
- Select the Sounds like (Japanese) check box, and then click Options.
- Under Treat as equal, do any of the following, and then click OK:
- To not distinguish between uppercase and lowercase characters, select the Match case check box.
- To not distinguish between full-width and half-width characters, select the Match full/half width form check box.
- To not distinguish between hiragana and katakana characters, select the Match hiragana/katakana check box.
- Click Find Next.
Additional search options
You can also set the following options in the Japanese Find dialog box:
- Match contractions (yo-on, sokuon)
- Searches without distinguishing between characters with diphthongs and double consonants and plain characters.
- Match minus/dash/cho-on
- Searches without distinguishing between minus signs (รป), dashes (
), and long vowel sounds (
).
- Match 'repeat character' marks
- Searches without distinguishing between repeat character marks (
).
- Match variant-form kanji (itaiji)
- Searches without distinguishing between standard and nonstandard ideography.
- Match old kana forms
- Searches without distinguishing between new and old kana.
- Match cho-on used for vowels
- Searches without distinguishing between characters with long vowel sounds and plain characters.
- Match di/zi, du/zu (
/
, 
/
)
- Searches without distinguishing between "" and "" or "" and "".
- Match ba/va, ha/fa (
/
, 
/
)
- Searches without distinguishing between "" and "", or "" and "".
- Match tsi/thi/chi, dhi/zi (
/
/
, 
/)
- Searches without distinguishing between "", "", and "", or "" and "".
- Match hyu/iyu, byu/vyu (
/, 
/)
- Searches without distinguishing between"" and "", or "" and "".
- Match se/she, ze/je (
/
, 
/)
- Searches without distinguishing between "" and "", or "" and "".
- Match ia/iya (piano/piyano) (
/
)
- Searches without distinguishing between "" and "" following
-row and -row characters.
- Match ki/ku (tekisuto/tekusuto) (
/
)
- Searches without distinguishing between "" and "" before
-row characters.
- Punctuation characters
- Searches without distinguishing between punctuation characters.
- Whitespace characters
- Searches without distinguishing between characters used as blank spaces, such as full-width spaces, half-width spaces, and tabs.