Questions tagged [japanese]
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Converting an entire directory from UTF-8 to Shift JIS in Windows
I need to be able to convert an entire directory of txt-like files (.srt files in this case) from UTF-8 to Shift JIS. I'm looking for efficient ways to do this, since its likely I'll need to do this ...
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Flash Card App that allows data tree linking between cards?
I'm currently studying Japanese Kanji: I've taken a large list of kanji (2300) and arranged them all into smaller groups with about 4 kanji on average per group, based on their similar looks etc. (...
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Webapp that predicts the reading of a Japanese given name
A Japanese given name often has several way to be read, and you can not be 100% sure before the person tells you or see their email address.
For instance, 貴子 can be read "Kiko", but 90% of the time ...
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10-key Japanese input method for iPad?
On iPhone the kana input method for Japanese is a 10-key keyboard with a layout like this:
あかさ
たなは
まやら
わ
It's really a pleasure to use because any kana character is only a swipe away.
For example, ...
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Japanese/English speech translator
During my previous visit to Japan (2013) I twice saw an app that was able to translate from (spoken) Japanese to English and viceversa, with acceptable results and performance.
One man used an app on ...
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A Japanese language app for iOS with this particular quality(please read the description)?
You see, it MUST have this particular quality: sometimes I see a kanji that I don't know the meaning of,unfortunately there isn't any kana/furigana therefore I don't know how to spell it and since I ...
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Convert kanji to kana on Linux
I want to convert kanjis to kana on Linux.
Input: kanji, for instance 東京特許許可局
Output: most probably kana, for instance トーキョートッキョキョカキョク
Must run on Linux and be free, ideally open source.
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Java library to transform kanji/katakana/hiragana to romaji
The Japanese language is mostly a combination of 3 alphabets, and it can be transliterated to romaji (Latin script). There are various strategies, Revised Hepburn would be ideal here.
Example: ローマ字 → ...
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Natural language generation for Japanese
I am looking for tools, libraries, software or services to generate natural Japanese text from raw data.
The best example of what I am trying to do is the commercial tool Wordsmith from Automated ...
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SKIP kanji search for Linux, usable offline
SKIP is a convenient way to find Japanese kanjis.
It often looks similar to this:
Is there a SKIP program for Linux?
Requirements:
Works offline
Open source
Fast to launch and search
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Japanese dictionary for Ubuntu (offline, open source)
I am looking for a Japanese↔English dictionary.
Runs on Ubuntu
Works offline
Small GUI window
Open source
Maintained
Example sentences shown for each word
Bonus if it has SKIP kanji search
I have ...
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Linux software or website to turn Romaji into Japanese symbols
tl;dr at the bottom. The beginning is explaining why I need something different than what I've found.
The languages I normally use on my computer are English and Greek. However, sometimes I want to ...
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Most accurate open-source OCR for Japanese?
From your experience, what is the most accurate open-source Optical Character Recognition (OCR) library/software to read Japanese text?
I just tried nhocr, its mistake rate is over 2% even on an ...
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