strj_romanize: Romanize Japanese text

In audubon: Japanese Text Processing Tools

Romanize Japanese text

Description

Converts Japanese kana text to Latin script using a selectable romanization system.

This function transliterates Japanese text into romaji according to the specified convention. Non-kana characters are omitted from the output.

Usage

strj_romanize(
  text,
  config = c("wikipedia", "traditional hepburn", "modified hepburn", "kunrei", "nihon")
)

Arguments

text	A character vector containing Japanese text.
config	A string specifying the romanization system to use.

Details

Supported romanization systems include variants of Hepburn as well as Kunrei-shiki and Nihon-shiki conventions.

Value

A character vector containing romanized text.

Examples

strj_romanize(
  paste0(
    "\u3042\u306e\u30a4\u30fc\u30cf\u30c8",
    "\u30fc\u30f4\u30a9\u306e\u3059\u304d",
    "\u3068\u304a\u3063\u305f\u98a8"
  )
)

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