I’m able to type in Japanese everywhere else except any libreoffice application.
たとえばここはいいです。
As you can see I can enter it here. But I cannot enter it in libreoffice writer or libreoffice calc.
I asked around on the Libreoffice forums but my issue hasn’t been solved yet. I’m wondering if it’s a linux issue rather than a Libreoffice issue.
Can you not select your language in LibreOffice?
For example, in Writer:
Tools → Language → For All Text.
For this to work, the language must be installed and selected in Manjaro. Most applications inherit the system language.
I can’t, when I do Tools → Language → For All Text my only options are English and German. I don’t even use German so I don’t know why it’s an option.
If I go to More it brings me to Languages and Locales in the General section. Japanese is set as a Default Language for documents with asian checked off.
I found a few links that might help.
I’ll add more as I find them.
- iBus (Arch Wiki)
- Using Japanese in LibreOffice
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Hello,
I’m Japanese and I can input Japanese on LibreOffice.
At first what input method framework do you use?
There are iBus, Fcitx5, Scim and so on.
The latest trend in Japanese users is Fcitx5 + Mozc.
I use Fcitx5+Mozc too.
Mozc is Google’s input method editor.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Mozc
If you set Fcitx5+Mozc correctly and still can’t input Japanese, maybe you haven’t installed fcitx5-im group which includes fcitx5-gtk and fcitx5-qt.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Fcitx5
Or, if you haven’t set following environment variables on somewhere, you maybe have to set them.
export GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx
export QT_IM_MODULE=fcitx
export XMODIFIERS=@im=fcitx
In my case I set them on /etc/profile.
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I was using fcitx + Mozc.
I just installed fcitx5-im and i’m still using mozc
I have the environment variable set as well but I still can’t enter Japanese text in Libreoffice documents.
The following page from the Arch Wiki seems to have what you need:
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Check the output of fcitx5-diagnose.
I followed all of the steps in that link for fcitx5 and it still isn’t working for LibreOffice.
Did you reboot?
Unfortunately, I have nothing more to suggest at this time. 
Lol, wow rebooting made it work.
After I rebooted it I noticed that I wasn’t able to type in Japanese at all, inside or outside of LibreOffice. Then I went to the IME on KDE, my GUI, and manually added Mozc.
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Of course, the solution wasn’t the reboot, but the procedure you followed at the link I gave you was (a few posts up).
That post should really be the marked solution.
Cheers.
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If you can type Japanese on a terminal, start lodraw (LibreOffice draw) or localc (LibreOffice Calc) from the terminal and check if you can type.
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