https://github.com/nicolas-raoul/kakasi-java

Kanji transliteration to hiragana/katakana/romaji, in Java
https://github.com/nicolas-raoul/kakasi-java

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Kanji transliteration to hiragana/katakana/romaji, in Java

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/nicolas-raoul/kakasi-java
• Owner: nicolas-raoul
• License: gpl-2.0
• Created: 2012-01-18T08:30:56.000Z (over 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-05-09T20:02:51.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-01T08:11:17.044Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: japanese, japanese-language, java, java-library, kakasi, kana, kanji, romaji
• Language: Java
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• Size: 879 KB
• Stars: 54
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 19
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: COPYING

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UPDATE: I just created [Jakaroma](https://github.com/nicolas-raoul/jakaroma), its kanji transliteration is much more accurate than Kakasi-java so please use it instead, thanks! Also open source.

Kakasi-java

Convert Japanese kanji into romaji

See also http://kakasi.namazu.org

Originally written by Tomoyuki Kawao

Forked from the last code found at http://blog.kenichimaehashi.com/?article=13048363750

If you know any more recent version, please let me know by email nicolas.raoul at gmail

To build just run: `ant`

Usage: 

       java -Dkakasi.home=. -jar lib/kakasi.jar [-JH | -JK | -Ja] [-HK | -Ha] [-KH | -Ka]

		[-i] [-o]

		[-p] [-f] [-c] [-s] [-b]

		[-r{hepburn|kunrei}] [-C | -U] [-w]

		[dictionary1 [dictionary2 [,,,]]]

	Character Set Conversions:

	 -JH: kanji to hiragana

	 -JK: kanji to katakana

	 -Ja: kanji to romaji

	 -HK: hiragana to katakana

	 -Ha: hiragana to romaji

	 -KH: katakana to hiragana

	 -Ka: katakana to romaji

	Options:

	 -i: input encoding

	 -o: output encoding

	 -p: list all readings (with -J option)

	 -f: furigana mode (with -J option)

	 -c: skip whitespace chars within jukugo

	 -s: insert separate characters

	 -b: output buffer is not flushed when a newline character is written

	 -r: romaji conversion system

	 -C: romaji Capitalize

	 -U: romaji Uppercase

	 -w: wakachigaki mode

Example:

    java  -Dkakasi.home=. -jar lib/kakasi.jar -Ja

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Original documentation (in Japanese): http://nicolas-raoul.github.com/kakasi-java