I got this link from the Learn Korean Thread: http://www.learnkoreanlanguage.com/need-install.html

But it should work anyways. Just replace Japanese instead of Korean when adding the languages. I have both . If you have Vista, the directory should be the same, but probably a little bit trickier to find but Vista for sure should have it. I know in Windows XP you sometimes have to download it...

for the OP, I'd say キャサリン instead of カテリン
All the Jessica I've known, we called them ジェシカ without the "tittyai tsu" Jye-shi-ka
just my two cents.

for the IME on XP, it's usually on the install CD.
Go to the control panel | Regional and language option | Languages | Details then you can add Japanese.

weLL..

tHanKs guYs (raNdiLLo, mHyU)..

juSt a quEstiON...

whEn wiLL i uSe san, kuN anD chAn??

i knoW thAt iT is uSed in the nAmes but i am coNfused...

San is used whenever you want to add more respect to a person's name, especially if you don't know the other person personally, you must always say it to be respectful.

Kun is used for boys and chan is used for girls as a way to call someone of younger or same age/generation in a cute and friendly way.

hehe...
okiE.. i uNdErsTand noW...


hoW aboUT ginji nd midou bAn in get BackErs..
ginGi caLLed gingi-chan aNd baN caLLed Ban-cHan
you said cHan is uSed for giRLs...

Well chan is typically used for girls, but chan is a more feminine of kun. So I guess if you were to use chan on a guy, it would be a more cuter way? I'm not sure about that.

what would Calvin be..? cuz in chinese translation to english it would start with the last name. but for western people who want to know their name i think it would start with their first name example Michael Jackson (Mai Go Jik Sun)

Your name domo-kun would be カルヴィン --　ka-ru-vi-n　

...or maybe カルビン --　ka-ru-bi-n

what about mine? my old username?

your name would probably be トラストノワン　or to-ra-su-to-no-wa-n

This is for sure wrong though. I'm a little rusty with translating the "tru" and "st" parts of the name. But I think the way I did it sounds right...