Python/Romkan: ローマ字とひらがなを相互に変換する Python用のライブラリ
What is this?
"Python/Romkan" is the Python ver. of Ruby/Romkan, which can convert a Japanese Romaji string to a Japanese Kana string or vice versa.
Download and Usage
Download the source code from here: romkan.py (Hosted by Google Code) . Ruby/Romkan is a free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY under the terms of the Ruby's licence.
% python
>>> import romkan
>>> print romkan.to_kana(u"syatyou")
しゃちょう
>>> print romkan.to_roma(u"しゃちょう")
shachou
>>> print romkan.to_hepburn(u"syatyou")
shachou
Features
- The input/output of all the APIs are Unicode strings.
- For the API detail, please refer to the original Ruby/Romkan page
History
- 2010/ 8/24 - Updated (changed input/output all to Katakana, and modified Kana to Roma conversion to some foreign pronunciation like "wi" "we" "wo".
- 2010/ 6/14 - Released the first version.
Acknowledgement
I really thank Mr. Satoru Takabayashi for developing this wonderful library.