In the Japanese language, the phonetic characters go in “a, i, u, e, o” order, with “ん” at the end. Words are made from combinations of characters, however, no word begins with anん. “ん” comes at the end of a word or in the middle of a word, as in “きん” (gold) or “せんせい” (teacher). Many Japanese people input Japanese into a computer using an alphanumeric keyboard setting, however, inputting ん can be somewhat confusing. With ordinary software, when you input nihon, it is displayed as にほn, not にほん（日本）. One “n” is not converted to an ん. When you want the character “ん,” type “nn.” This means that you must type nihonn. However, when you type nihonjin, it is converted into にほんじｎ. The “n” is correctly converted or not, depending on the succeeding characters. In other words, “n” indicates that the computer is waiting for you to input another alphabetic character. In the case of nihonjin, “j” comes after “n,” and “nj “does not form a character. At this point, the computer decides it is an ん. If “a” follows, it will be converted to the characterな, and “i” to に, as these form an entire character. If you input kinyuu forきんゆう(finance), it will be incorrectly converted to きにゅう (scribe). When “yu” follows an “n,” it becomes にゅ. When you type kinen for きんえん (no smoking), it will be incorrectly converted to きねん (commemoration). Converting “n” toん is confusing, but you can be sure to correctly convert it – and to remember to pronounce it properly – if you always input “nn” for ん.