[Video] Can Japanese Actually Write Japanese (Kanji)?

(2015-12-15, 2:51 am)SomeCallMeChris Wrote: Working as I do as a cook, I'm constantly labeling containers.  

FWIW, my handwriting was pretty terrible too before I studied kanji. I made a point of improving it and having done so found it increasingly annoying if I'm asked to handicap my writing efficiency by printing. My print almost always looks terrible as I try to match the speed of cursive, but of course if I slow down it can look okay... it's just ... sooooo slow.

That's great to know that studying kanji has help in some ways to improve handwriting.  I dislike print-labels, so I prefer to write my 年賀状 which I feel it has a personal touch

Off-topic:  May I ask... are you a professional cook? Chef さん?  

(2015-12-15, 2:51 am)SomeCallMeChris Wrote:

(2015-12-15, 2:48 am)eslang Wrote: Example:
romaji input --> tomodachi (input 8 keys)
kana input ---> ともだち (input 4 keys)

This is a nitpick but ともだち requires 5 keys on kana-swipe input, a seperate press is needed for dakuten. I don't know if kana keyboards use a modifier key (5 presses but only 4 inputs) or a separate press for 5 individual inputs.  Of course the point about efficiency still stands.

For your case, I don't consider it nitpicking

Hmm... let me see. How to explain it here.
Have you seen or use Japanese keyboard 親指シフト?
Aの文字の濁音
文字キーと、文字キーを打つ手とは反対側の親指シフトキーとを同時に打鍵
（濁音がある文字のキーのみ有効）（クロスシフト+同時打鍵）
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A6%AA%...5%E3%83%88
Yes, by using a modifier key (5 presses but only 4 inputs)

For mobile, most users require 5 keys on kana-swipe input unless they know how to program it with short-cut keys.