https://github.com/gojp/kana

Golang library for conversion between Japanese hiragana, katakana and romaji
https://github.com/gojp/kana

go golang-library hiragana japanese kana katakana nihongo romaji

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Golang library for conversion between Japanese hiragana, katakana and romaji

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/gojp/kana
• Owner: gojp
• License: mit
• Created: 2013-09-05T11:55:38.000Z (almost 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-01-16T09:03:41.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-28T04:28:55.614Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: go, golang-library, hiragana, japanese, kana, katakana, nihongo, romaji
• Language: Go
• Size: 54.7 KB
• Stars: 115
• Watchers: 8
• Forks: 11
• Open Issues: 2
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# kana

Golang library for convertiong hiragana to romaji, katakana to romaji, romaji to hiragana, and romaji to katakana. 

## Installation

Simply install with `go get`:

    go get github.com/gojp/kana

## Usage

### Convert hiragana or katakana to romaji:

    s := kana.KanaToRomaji("バナナ") // -> banana

    s = kana.KanaToRomaji("かんじ") // -> kanji

### Convert romaji to hiragana or katakana:

    s := kana.RomajiToHiragana("kanji") // -> かんじ

    s = kana.RomajiToKatakana("banana") // -> バナナ

### Tell whether strings are written with kana, kanji or latin characters:

    kana.IsLatin("banana") // -> true

    kana.IsLatin("バナナ") // -> false

    kana.IsKana("banana") // -> false

    kana.IsKana("バナナ") // -> true

    kana.IsKanji("banana") // -> false

    kana.IsKanji("減少") // -> true

### Normalize a romaji string to a standardized form (from the form given by Google Translate, for example):

    kana.NormalizeRomaji("Myūjikku") // -> myu-jikku

    kana.NormalizeRomaji("shitsuree") // -> shitsurei

Please feel free to use, contribute, and enjoy! You can also see this in action at [nihongo.io](https://nihongo.io).

##

- [Herman Schaaf](http://github.com/hermanschaaf)

- [Shawn Smith](http://github.com/shawnps)