diff --git a/engine/hunspell_table.py b/engine/hunspell_table.py
index 1e4b4eb2..78507365 100644
--- a/engine/hunspell_table.py
+++ b/engine/hunspell_table.py
@@ -7721,7 +7721,8 @@ def _process_key_event(self, key: itb_util.KeyEvent) -> bool:
             if (not self.is_empty()
                 and not self._typed_compose_sequence
                 and self._is_restricted_engine()):
-                (committed, committed_index, preedit) = self._transliterators[
+                (committed, committed_index, preedit,
+                 _cursor_pos, _status, _candidates) = self._transliterators[
                     self.get_current_imes()[0]].transliterate_parts(
                         self._typed_string, ascii_digits=self._ascii_digits)
                 if self._debug_level > 1:
diff --git a/engine/m17n_translit.py b/engine/m17n_translit.py
index e8b669e9..8bbcab06 100644
--- a/engine/m17n_translit.py
+++ b/engine/m17n_translit.py
@@ -917,6 +917,7 @@ def convert_digits_to_ascii(text: str) -> str:
     return text.translate(DIGIT_TRANS_TABLE)
 
 class Transliterator:
+    # pylint: disable=line-too-long
     '''A class for transliterators using libm17n
 
     If initializing the transliterator fails, for example because a
@@ -950,23 +951,23 @@ class Transliterator:
     'नमस्ते'
 
     >>> trans.transliterate_parts(list('n'))
-    ('', 0, 'न्')
+    ('', 0, 'न्', 2, 'क', [])
     >>> trans.transliterate_parts(list('n '))
-    ('न ', 2, '')
+    ('न ', 2, '', 0, 'क', [])
     >>> trans.transliterate_parts(list('na'))
-    ('', 0, 'न')
+    ('', 0, 'न', 1, 'क', [])
     >>> trans.transliterate_parts(list('nam'))
-    ('न', 2, 'म्')
+    ('न', 2, 'म्', 2, 'क', [])
     >>> trans.transliterate_parts(list('nama'))
-    ('न', 2, 'म')
+    ('न', 2, 'म', 1, 'क', [])
     >>> trans.transliterate_parts(list('namas'))
-    ('नम', 4, 'स्')
+    ('नम', 4, 'स्', 2, 'क', [])
     >>> trans.transliterate_parts(list('namast'))
-    ('नम', 4, 'स्त्')
+    ('नम', 4, 'स्त्', 4, 'क', [])
     >>> trans.transliterate_parts(list('namaste'))
-    ('नम', 4, 'स्ते')
+    ('नम', 4, 'स्ते', 4, 'क', [])
     >>> trans.transliterate_parts(list('namaste '))
-    ('नमस्ते ', 8, '')
+    ('नमस्ते ', 8, '', 0, 'क', [])
 
     >>> trans.transliterate(list('. '))
     '। '
@@ -1015,30 +1016,47 @@ class Transliterator:
 
     >>> trans = Transliterator('t-latn-post')
     >>> trans.transliterate_parts(list('u'))
-    ('', 0, 'u')
+    ('', 0, 'u', 1, 'Latin-post', [])
     >>> trans.transliterate_parts(list('u"'))
-    ('', 0, 'ü')
+    ('', 0, 'ü', 1, 'Latin-post', [])
     >>> trans.transliterate_parts(list('u""'))
-    ('u"', 3, '')
+    ('u"', 3, '', 0, 'Latin-post', [])
     >>> trans.transliterate_parts(list('u"u'))
-    ('ü', 2, 'u')
+    ('ü', 2, 'u', 1, 'Latin-post', [])
     >>> trans.transliterate_parts(list('üu"u'))
-    ('üü', 3, 'u')
+    ('üü', 3, 'u', 1, 'Latin-post', [])
 
     >>> trans = Transliterator('t-rfc1345')
     >>> trans.transliterate_parts(list('&'))
-    ('', 0, '&')
+    ('', 0, '&', 1, 'RFC1345', [])
     >>> trans.transliterate_parts(list('&C'))
-    ('', 0, '&C')
+    ('', 0, '&C', 2, 'RFC1345', [])
     >>> trans.transliterate_parts(list('&Co'))
-    ('©', 3, '')
+    ('©', 3, '', 0, 'RFC1345', [])
     >>> trans.transliterate_parts(list('&f'))
-    ('', 0, '&f')
+    ('', 0, '&f', 2, 'RFC1345', [])
     >>> trans.transliterate_parts(list('&ff'))
-    ('', 0, 'ff')
+    ('', 0, 'ff', 1, 'RFC1345', [])
     >>> trans.transliterate_parts(list('&ffi'))
-    ('ffi', 4, '')
+    ('ffi', 4, '', 0, 'RFC1345', [])
+
+    >>> trans = Transliterator('t-lsymbol')
+    >>> trans.transliterate_parts(list('/:)'))
+    ('', 0, '☺️', 2, 'lsymbol', ['☺️', '😃', '😅', '😆', '😉', '😇', '😂', '😏', '😛', '😜', '😝', '😋', '😉', '💏', '💋', '😍', '😘', '😚', '😽', '😻'])
+    >>> trans.transliterate_parts(list('a'))
+    ('a', 1, '', 0, 'lsymbol', [])
+    >>> trans.transliterate_parts(list('a/'))
+    ('a', 1, '/', 1, 'lsymbol', [])
+    >>> trans.transliterate_parts(list('a/:'))
+    ('a', 1, '/:', 2, 'lsymbol', [])
+    >>> trans.transliterate_parts(list('a/:('))
+    ('a', 1, '😢', 1, 'lsymbol', ['😢', '😩', '😡', '😭', '😪', '🙈', '🙊', '🙉'])
+    >>> trans.transliterate_parts(list('a/:(b'))
+    ('a😢b', 5, '', 0, 'lsymbol', [])
+
+    For a test transliterating parts using 'ja-anthy' see 'tests/test_m17n_translit.py'.
     '''
+    # pylint: enable=line-too-long
     def __init__(self, ime: str) -> None:
         '''Initialize the input method to use for the transliteration
 
@@ -1074,7 +1092,7 @@ def __init__(self, ime: str) -> None:
     def transliterate_parts(
             self,
             msymbol_list: Iterable[str],
-            ascii_digits: bool = False) -> Tuple[str, int, str]:
+            ascii_digits: bool = False) -> Tuple[str, int, str, int, str, List[str]]:
         '''Transliterate a list of Msymbol names
 
         :param msymbol_list: A list of strings which are interpreted
@@ -1084,16 +1102,40 @@ def transliterate_parts(
                              Msymbols is just joined to a single string.
         :param ascii_digits: If true, convert language specific digits
                              to ASCII digits
-        :return: The transliteration in two parts: (committed, preedit)
+        :return: The transliteration in several parts:
+
+        (committed, committed_index, preedit, cursor_pos, status, candidates)
+
+        committed: str        The part of the transliteration which cannot be
+                              changed anymore by adding more input, could be
+                              committed already if desired.
+        committed_index: int  The index up to which the msymbol_list input
+                              was “used up” to create the “committed” text.
+        preedit:              The transliteration of the remaining input,
+                              may still change by adding more input.
+        cursor_pos: int       The cursor position in the preedit.
+                              Counted in codepoints, not glyphs.
+                              Usually this is at the end of the preedit
+                              but an input method may move the cursor
+                              within the preedit!
+                              (I think only ja-anthy.mim actually uses this)
+        status: str           May change for some input methods to
+                              indicate a state.
+                              For example in case of ja-anthy.mim,
+                              this is 'aあ' before Henkan and changes
+                              to '漢' in Henkan mode.
+        candidates: List[str] May contain a list of candidates if the
+                              input method can produce multiple candidates.
         '''
         if not isinstance(msymbol_list, list):
             raise ValueError('Argument of transliterate() must be a list.')
         if self._dummy:
-            return (''.join(msymbol_list), 0, '')
+            return (''.join(msymbol_list), 0, '', 0, '', [])
         libm17n__minput_reset_ic(self._ic) # type: ignore
         committed = ''
         committed_index = 0
         preedit = ''
+        candidates: List[str] = []
         for index, symbol in enumerate(msymbol_list):
             if len(symbol) == 1 and not itb_util.is_ascii(symbol):
                 symbol = IBus.keyval_name(IBus.unicode_to_keyval(symbol))
@@ -1124,6 +1166,42 @@ def transliterate_parts(
         except Exception as error: # pylint: disable=broad-except
             # This should never happen:
             raise ValueError('Problem accessing preedit') from error
+        plist = self._ic.contents.candidate_list
+        while bool(plist):  # NULL pointers have a False boolean value
+            key = libm17n__mplist_key(plist) # type: ignore
+            if not bool(key):
+                break
+            key_name = libm17n__msymbol_name(key.contents) # type: ignore
+            if key_name == b'mtext':
+                characters = mtext_to_string(
+                    ctypes.cast(libm17n__mplist_value(plist), # type: ignore
+                        ctypes.POINTER(libm17n__MText)))
+                candidates += list(characters)
+            elif key_name == b'plist':
+                candidate_plist = ctypes.cast(
+                    libm17n__mplist_value(plist), # type: ignore
+                    ctypes.POINTER(libm17n__MPlist))
+                while True:
+                    candidate_plist_key = libm17n__mplist_key( # type: ignore
+                        candidate_plist)
+                    if not bool(candidate_plist_key):
+                        break
+                    candidate_plist_key_name = libm17n__msymbol_name( # type: ignore
+                        candidate_plist_key.contents)
+                    if candidate_plist_key_name != b'mtext':
+                        break
+                    candidate = mtext_to_string(
+                        ctypes.cast(
+                            libm17n__mplist_value(candidate_plist), # type: ignore
+                            ctypes.POINTER(libm17n__MText)))
+                    candidates.append(candidate)
+                    candidate_plist = libm17n__mplist_next( # type: ignore
+                        candidate_plist)
+            else:
+                break
+            plist = libm17n__mplist_next(plist) # type: ignore
+        cursor_pos = self._ic.contents.cursor_pos
+        status = mtext_to_string(self._ic.contents.status)
         # From the m17n-lib documentation:
         #
         # The minput_reset_ic () function resets input context $IC by
@@ -1151,10 +1229,18 @@ def transliterate_parts(
         if committed and not preedit:
             committed_index = len(msymbol_list)
         if not ascii_digits:
-            return (committed, committed_index, preedit)
+            return (committed,
+                    committed_index,
+                    preedit,
+                    cursor_pos,
+                    status,
+                    candidates)
         return (convert_digits_to_ascii(committed),
                 committed_index,
-                convert_digits_to_ascii(preedit))
+                convert_digits_to_ascii(preedit),
+                cursor_pos,
+                status,
+                candidates)
 
     def transliterate(self, msymbol_list: Iterable[str], ascii_digits: bool = False) -> str:
         '''Transliterate a list of Msymbol names
@@ -1168,7 +1254,12 @@ def transliterate(self, msymbol_list: Iterable[str], ascii_digits: bool = False)
                              to ASCII digits
         :return: The transliteration in one string
         '''
-        (committed, _committed_index, preedit) = self.transliterate_parts(
+        (committed,
+         _committed_index,
+         preedit,
+         _cursor_pos,
+         _status,
+         _candidates) = self.transliterate_parts(
             msymbol_list, ascii_digits)
         return committed + preedit
 
diff --git a/tests/test_m17n_translit.py b/tests/test_m17n_translit.py
index 73274afa..616aae0c 100755
--- a/tests/test_m17n_translit.py
+++ b/tests/test_m17n_translit.py
@@ -457,50 +457,150 @@ def test_hi_itrans(self) -> None:
 
     def test_hi_itrans_parts(self) -> None:
         trans = self.get_transliterator_or_skip('hi-itrans')
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('n')), ('', 0, 'न्'))
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(['n', 'S-C-Return']), ('न्', 2, ''))
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(['n', 'S-C-Return', ' ']), ('न् ', 3, ''))
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('n ')), ('न ', 2, ''))
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('na')), ('', 0, 'न'))
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('nam')), ('न', 2, 'म्'))
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('nama')), ('न', 2, 'म'))
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('namas')), ('नम', 4, 'स्'))
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('namast')), ('नम', 4, 'स्त्'))
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('namaste')), ('नम', 4, 'स्ते'))
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('namaste ')), ('नमस्ते ', 8, ''))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('n')), ('', 0, 'न्', 2, 'क', []))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(['n', 'S-C-Return']), ('न्', 2, '', 0, 'क', []))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(['n', 'S-C-Return', ' ']), ('न् ', 3, '', 0, 'क', []))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('n ')), ('न ', 2, '', 0, 'क', []))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('na')), ('', 0, 'न', 1, 'क', []))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('nam')), ('न', 2, 'म्', 2, 'क', []))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('nama')), ('न', 2, 'म', 1, 'क', []))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('namas')), ('नम', 4, 'स्', 2, 'क', []))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('namast')), ('नम', 4, 'स्त्', 4, 'क', []))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('namaste')), ('नम', 4, 'स्ते', 4, 'क', []))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('namaste ')), ('नमस्ते ', 8, '', 0, 'क', []))
 
     def test_t_latn_post_parts(self) -> None:
         trans = self.get_transliterator_or_skip('t-latn-post')
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('u')), ('', 0, 'u'))
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('u"')), ('', 0, 'ü'))
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('u""')), ('u"', 3, ''))
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('u"u')), ('ü', 2, 'u'))
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('üu"u')), ('üü', 3, 'u'))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('u')), ('', 0, 'u', 1, 'Latin-post', []))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('u"')), ('', 0, 'ü', 1, 'Latin-post', []))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('u""')), ('u"', 3, '', 0, 'Latin-post', []))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('u"u')), ('ü', 2, 'u', 1, 'Latin-post', []))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('üu"u')), ('üü', 3, 'u', 1, 'Latin-post', []))
 
     def test_t_rfc1345_parts(self) -> None:
         trans = self.get_transliterator_or_skip('t-rfc1345')
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('&')), ('', 0, '&'))
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('&C')), ('', 0, '&C'))
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('&Co')), ('©', 3, ''))
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('&f')), ('', 0, '&f'))
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('&ff')), ('', 0, 'ff'))
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('&ffi')), ('ffi', 4, ''))
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('☺&ffi中')), ('☺ffi中', 6, ''))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('&')), ('', 0, '&', 1, 'RFC1345', []))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('&C')), ('', 0, '&C', 2, 'RFC1345', []))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('&Co')), ('©', 3, '', 0, 'RFC1345', []))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('&f')), ('', 0, '&f', 2, 'RFC1345', []))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('&ff')), ('', 0, 'ff', 1, 'RFC1345', []))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('&ffi')), ('ffi', 4, '', 0, 'RFC1345', []))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('☺&ffi中')), ('☺ffi中', 6, '', 0, 'RFC1345', []))
+
+    @unittest.skipUnless(
+        M17N_DB_VERSION >= (1, 8, 8),
+        'Skipping because m17n-db is too old')
+    def test_t_lsymbol_parts(self) -> None:
+        trans = self.get_transliterator_or_skip('t-lsymbol')
+        self.assertEqual(
+            trans.transliterate_parts(list('/:)')),
+            ('', 0, '☺️', 2, 'lsymbol', ['☺️', '😃', '😅', '😆', '😉', '😇', '😂', '😏', '😛', '😜', '😝', '😋', '😉', '💏', '💋', '😍', '😘', '😚', '😽', '😻']))
+        self.assertEqual(
+            trans.transliterate_parts(list('a')),
+            ('a', 1, '', 0, 'lsymbol', []))
+        self.assertEqual(
+            trans.transliterate_parts(list('a/')),
+            ('a', 1, '/', 1, 'lsymbol', []))
+        self.assertEqual(
+            trans.transliterate_parts(list('a/:')),
+            ('a', 1, '/:', 2, 'lsymbol', []))
+        self.assertEqual(
+            trans.transliterate_parts(list('a/:(')),
+            ('a', 1, '😢', 1, 'lsymbol', ['😢', '😩', '😡', '😭', '😪', '🙈', '🙊', '🙉']))
+        self.assertEqual(
+            trans.transliterate_parts(list('a/:(b')),
+            ('a😢b', 5, '', 0, 'lsymbol', []))
+
+    def test_ja_anthy_parts(self) -> None:
+        trans = self.get_transliterator_or_skip('ja-anthy')
+        if trans.transliterate(list('a ')).startswith('あ'):
+            self.skipTest(
+                'Henkan doesn’t work. '
+                'Apparently some libraries necessary for '
+                'ja-anthy to work correctly are not installed.')
+        self.assertEqual(
+            trans.transliterate_parts(list('あ')),
+            ('あ', 1, '', 0, 'aあ', []))
+        self.assertEqual(
+            trans.transliterate_parts(list('亜')),
+            ('亜', 1, '', 0, 'aあ', []))
+        self.assertEqual(
+            trans.transliterate_parts(list('😇')),
+            ('😇', 1, '', 0, 'aあ', []))
+        self.assertEqual(
+            trans.transliterate_parts(list('a')),
+            ('', 0, 'あ', 1, 'aあ', []))
+        (committed, committed_index, preedit, cursor_pos, status, candidates) = trans.transliterate_parts(
+            list('a '))
+        self.assertEqual(committed, '')
+        self.assertEqual(committed_index, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(len(preedit), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(cursor_pos, 1)
+        self.assertEqual(status, '漢')
+        self.assertTrue(len(candidates) > 5)
+        self.assertTrue('娃' in candidates)
+        self.assertTrue('亜' in candidates)
+        self.assertTrue('阿' in candidates)
+        self.assertTrue('あ' in candidates)
+        self.assertTrue('ア' in candidates)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            trans.transliterate_parts(list('kisha')),
+            ('', 0, 'きしゃ', 3, 'aあ', []))
+        (committed, committed_index, preedit, cursor_pos, status, candidates) = trans.transliterate_parts(
+            list('kisha '))
+        self.assertEqual(committed, '')
+        self.assertEqual(committed_index, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(len(preedit), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(cursor_pos, 2)
+        self.assertEqual(status, '漢')
+        self.assertTrue(len(candidates) > 5)
+        self.assertTrue('記者' in candidates)
+        self.assertTrue('帰社' in candidates)
+        self.assertTrue('汽車' in candidates)
+        self.assertTrue('貴社' in candidates)
+        self.assertTrue('きしゃ' in candidates)
+        self.assertTrue('キシャ' in candidates)
+        (committed, committed_index, preedit, cursor_pos, status, candidates) = trans.transliterate_parts(
+            list('akisha '))
+        self.assertEqual(committed, '')
+        self.assertEqual(committed_index, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(len(preedit), 3)
+        self.assertEqual(cursor_pos, 1)
+        self.assertEqual(status, '漢')
+        self.assertTrue(len(candidates) > 5)
+        self.assertTrue('娃' in candidates)
+        self.assertTrue('亜' in candidates)
+        self.assertTrue('阿' in candidates)
+        self.assertTrue('あ' in candidates)
+        self.assertTrue('ア' in candidates)
+        (committed, committed_index, preedit, cursor_pos, status, candidates) = trans.transliterate_parts(
+            list('akisha ') + ['Right']) # 'Right' moves the Henkan segment right
+        self.assertEqual(committed, '')
+        self.assertEqual(committed_index, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(len(preedit), 3)
+        self.assertEqual(cursor_pos, 3)
+        self.assertEqual(status, '漢')
+        self.assertTrue('記者' in candidates)
+        self.assertTrue('帰社' in candidates)
+        self.assertTrue('汽車' in candidates)
+        self.assertTrue('貴社' in candidates)
+        self.assertTrue('きしゃ' in candidates)
+        self.assertTrue('キシャ' in candidates)
 
     @unittest.skipUnless(
         M17N_DB_VERSION >= (1, 8, 8),
         'Skipping because m17n-db is too old')
     def test_t_math_latex_parts(self) -> None:
         trans = self.get_transliterator_or_skip('t-math-latex')
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('\\')), ('', 0, '\\'))
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('\\i')), ('', 0, '\\i'))
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('\\in')), ('', 0, '\\∈'))
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('\\int')), ('', 0, '\\∫'))
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('\\inter')), ('', 0, '\\inter'))
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('\\inters')), ('', 0, '∩'))
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('\\inters ')), ('∩ ', 8, ''))
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('\\inters☺')), ('∩☺', 8, ''))
-        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('☺\\int')), ('☺', 1, '\\∫'))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('\\')), ('', 0, '\\', 1, 'Math: latex', []))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('\\i')), ('', 0, '\\i', 2, 'Math: latex', []))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('\\in')), ('', 0, '\\∈', 2, 'Math: latex', []))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('\\int')), ('', 0, '\\∫', 2, 'Math: latex', []))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('\\inter')), ('', 0, '\\inter', 6, 'Math: latex', []))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('\\inters')), ('', 0, '∩', 1, 'Math: latex', []))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('\\inters ')), ('∩ ', 8, '', 0, 'Math: latex', []))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('\\inters☺')), ('∩☺', 8, '', 0, 'Math: latex', []))
+        self.assertEqual(trans.transliterate_parts(list('☺\\int')), ('☺', 1, '\\∫', 2, 'Math: latex', []))
 
     def test_unicode(self) -> None:
         trans = self.get_transliterator_or_skip('t-unicode')