You don’t have to, but you can. I can’t remember the contractions well, but I can type smaller.
but… the contractions are just the sounds they make, it’s so much simpler
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I guess I should probably start switching to that method, then.
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Again, thanks for getting back to me. I don’t think the contractions will work if there is not some kind of Japanese keyboard installed. If I am wrong, I am happy to hear how this can be done without that keyboard. So in the meantime, I will try hakusaro’s tip on my next review, arigatou gozaimasu everyone.
It works just fine on WK
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WK is designed so you need nothing but an English keyboard. It looks at what you type every time, and if possible converts your romaji letters into hiragana. No Japanese keyboard required.
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Yes, it’s probably better to use the English keyboard than a Japanese one for Wanikani (because then you won’t cheat and preview the kanji to see if you were right before submitting enter).
@tomu1967, just type the letters like it’s written on the chart. ちゅう is just “chuu” (or “tyuu” if you prefer). きょう is just “kyou”.
Protip: You can write ち as “ti” instead of “chi” and し as “si” instead of “shi”.
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and つ as “tu”.
sorry, I had to
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WaniKani will convert your input to hiragana automatically, so you can burn turtles from any device without having to install anything.
Just type nyuu that you wil get にゅう.
Good turtle-burning 
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Thanks for the help everyone but the typing x tip is the only one that seems to work for me.
That’s weird. WK’s built in IME should work the same on any keyboard. I’m not saying you’re wrong, just that it’s weird.
What happens when you type “jyou” for example? Do you not get じょう (上)? What do you get? Also, if you paste “jyou” into the input field, it should automatically convert to hiragana じょう. Does that work?
(I know there can be a long wait between reviews and the kanji you’re reviewing may not be 上, but try it as an example without pressing the Enter key. )
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That really shouldn’t happen, WK is supposed to handle the conversion. Have you tried using a different browser, or mobile? At least with the x you can get your review correctly, glad that worked.
You forgot "du” and “di”.
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Don’t think I’ve seen a ぢ yet (have I?). 楽しみ。
You’ve seen 鼻血, right? はなぢ is the default, but maybe you jumped right to はなじ and didn’t notice?
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That’s right! I thought はなじ seemed weird somehow. I must have immediately forgotten about はなぢ.
Thanks for the extra feedback to those who have posted more replies. I am loathe to try anything other than the x solution as I had already made so many readings mistakes on questions I feel confident on. I know that you need to have a good streak to move on to new material and one wrong answer can ruin this. Maybe there is something strange about my keyboard but hopefully the extra info will be useful for someone else. I will give the extra suggestions a go when I get some brand new kanji to learn. Thanks
If it makes you feel any better, I started typing x because I couldn’t get it to work a lot.
Good luck! If you need more help, though, you should reach out to the support team too. They’d be happy to help! 
You can alway use “l” instead of “x” as well, for “little.” I hate trying to use the contracted forms (typing kyu きゅ, for instance) when trying to type katakana, so I use “l” to make them small (kilyu きゅ). Sounds like you’ve chosen to use “x,” but wanted to give you that option since I didn’t see it mentioned (maybe I’m blind). 
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If you don’t press Enter, your mistake will not be entered, and you can delete it without penalty.
Probably the best time to try new things is level 1 because you have very little time or money invested in the program, so mistakes don’t matter very much, and they’re free. If you do decide to continue after the free levels, you’ll thank yourself for learning the ins and outs of the input system once the reviews start piling up. And the input system used here is not particularly unique to WaniKani. If you’re interested in learning Japanese, it applies anywhere (unless you decide to use a system like this:
which I’ve tried but can’t seem to get used to.)
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