To provide a Japanese input method capable of inputting through flick which permits quickly punched input on a kana display denwa key for key expansion, an alphabet display denwa key for key expansion, and an alphabet display denwa key for key expansion by romaji input.SOLUTION: A five-row key is not arranged at corners of a touch panel and a margin or selection keys are arranged at the corners of the touch panel, and character keys are set while permitting display of a five-row guide by input through the five-row key or as desired, but in order to arrange character input keys, function keys, etc. and set a keyboard, it is possible to make arrangement in accordance with numbers of the character keys, the functions keys, etc., as desired, for example, arranging one row in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction or arranging two rows in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction, making it possible to make settings by a desired frame formed by a grid shape or a grid shifted vertically in the arrangement.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
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