ワナカナ <--> WanaKana <--> わなかな
Javascript utility library for detecting and transliterating Hiragana, Katakana, and Romaji
## Demo
Visit the [website](http://www.wanakana.com) to see WanaKana in action.
## Usage
### In the browser without a build step, use the minified (UMD) bundle (with browser polyfills)
[https://unpkg.com/wanakana](https://unpkg.com/wanakana)
```html
```
### ES Modules or Node
#### Install
```shell
npm install wanakana
```
#### ES Modules
```javascript
import * as wanakana from 'wanakana';
// or
import { toKana, isRomaji } from 'wanakana';
```
#### Node (>=12 supported)
```javascript
const wanakana = require('wanakana');
```
## Documentation
[Extended API reference](http://www.wanakana.com/docs/global.html)
## Quick Reference
```javascript
/*** DOM HELPERS ***/
// Automatically converts text using an eventListener on input
// Sets option: { IMEMode: true } with toKana() as converter by default
wanakana.bind(domElement [, options]);
// Removes event listener
wanakana.unbind(domElement);
/*** TEXT CHECKING UTILITIES ***/
wanakana.isJapanese('泣き虫。！〜２￥ｚｅｎｋａｋｕ')
// => true
wanakana.isKana('あーア')
// => true
wanakana.isHiragana('すげー')
// => true
wanakana.isKatakana('ゲーム')
// => true
wanakana.isKanji('切腹')
// => true
wanakana.isKanji('勢い')
// => false
wanakana.isRomaji('Tōkyō and Ōsaka')
// => true
wanakana.toKana('ONAJI buttsuuji')
// => 'オナジ ぶっつうじ'
wanakana.toKana('座禅‘zazen’スタイル')
// => '座禅「ざぜん」スタイル'
wanakana.toKana('batsuge-mu')
// => 'ばつげーむ'
wanakana.toKana('wanakana', { customKanaMapping: { na: 'に', ka: 'bana' }) });
// => 'わにbanaに'
wanakana.toHiragana('toukyou, オオサカ')
// => 'とうきょう、 おおさか'
wanakana.toHiragana('only カナ', { passRomaji: true })
// => 'only かな'
wanakana.toHiragana('wi', { useObsoleteKana: true })
// => 'ゐ'
wanakana.toKatakana('toukyou, おおさか')
// => 'トウキョウ、 オオサカ'
wanakana.toKatakana('only かな', { passRomaji: true })
// => 'only カナ'
wanakana.toKatakana('wi', { useObsoleteKana: true })
// => 'ヰ'
wanakana.toRomaji('ひらがな カタカナ')
// => 'hiragana katakana'
wanakana.toRomaji('ひらがな カタカナ', { upcaseKatakana: true })
// => 'hiragana KATAKANA'
wanakana.toRomaji('つじぎり', { customRomajiMapping: { じ: 'zi', つ: 'tu', り: 'li' }) };
// => 'tuzigili'
/*** EXTRA UTILITIES ***/
wanakana.stripOkurigana('お祝い')
// => 'お祝'
wanakana.stripOkurigana('踏み込む')
// => '踏み込'
wanakana.stripOkurigana('お腹', { leading: true });
// => '腹'
wanakana.stripOkurigana('ふみこむ', { matchKanji: '踏み込む' });
// => 'ふみこ'
wanakana.stripOkurigana('おみまい', { matchKanji: 'お祝い', leading: true });
// => 'みまい'
wanakana.tokenize('ふふフフ')
// => ['ふふ', 'フフ']
wanakana.tokenize('hello 田中さん')
// => ['hello', ' ', '田中', 'さん']
wanakana.tokenize('I said 私はすごく悲しい', { compact: true })
// => [ 'I said ', '私はすごく悲しい']
```
## Important
Only the browser build via unpkg or the root `wanakana.min.js` includes polyfills for older browsers.
## Contributing
Please see [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md)
## Contributors
* [Mims H. Wright](https://github.com/mimshwright) – Author
* [Duncan Bay](https://github.com/DJTB) – Author
* [Geggles](https://github.com/geggles) – Contributor
* [James McNamee](https://github.com/dotfold) – Contributor
## Credits
Project sponsored by [Tofugu](http://www.tofugu.com) & [WaniKani](http://www.wanikani.com)
## Ports
The following ports have been created by the community:
* Python ([Starwort/wanakana-py](https://github.com/Starwort/wanakana-py)) on PyPI as `wanakana-python`
* Java ([MasterKale/WanaKanaJava](https://github.com/MasterKale/WanaKanaJava))
* Rust ([PSeitz/wana_kana_rust](https://github.com/PSeitz/wana_kana_rust))
* Swift ([profburke/WanaKanaSwift](https://github.com/profburke/WanaKanaSwift))
* Kotlin ([esnaultdev/wanakana-kt](https://github.com/esnaultdev/wanakana-kt))
* C# ([kmoroz/WanaKanaShaapu](https://github.com/kmoroz/WanaKanaShaapu))
* Go ([deelawn/wanakana](https://github.com/deelawn/wanakana))
