romkan

library0.2.1pypypiunverified

A library for converting between Romaji and Kana (Hiragana and Katakana) in Japanese. Version 0.2.1 is the latest release. Maintenance status is unclear; the last update was in 2013.

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INSTALL

IMPORT

SIG · ROMKAN

romkan

pythonv0.2.1

Install

2.2s avg

Import

102ms

Disk

20MB

Pass rate

6/ 10

Env Coverage6 / 10

glibc

3.9–3.13

musl

3.9–3.13

Install & Compatibility

Where this runs

tested against v0.2.1 · pip install

no network on importno background threads

Install × environment matrix

Each cell = how many times install + import succeeded across repeated harness runs. Partial = flaky.
glibc = Debian/Ubuntu slim · musl = Alpine Linux

musl

glibc

py 3.10

✓ —

✓ 2.2s

py 3.11

✓ —

✓ 2.1s

py 3.12

✕ build_error

py 3.13

✕ build_error

py 3.9

✓ —

✓ 2.3s

20MB installed

● package 20MB

Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

to_hiragana

✓ from romkan import to_hiragana

✗ import romkan; romkan.to_hiragana('roma')

Importing the module and calling function works fine, but the common mistake is forgetting to import the specific function.

Basic usage of romkan for conversion between Romaji and Kana.

from romkan import to_hiragana, to_katakana, to_hepburn, to_kunrei hira = to_hiragana('nihon') print(hira) # にほん kata = to_katakana('nihon') print(kata) # ニホン hepburn = to_hepburn('にほん') print(hepburn) # nihon kunrei = to_kunrei('にほん') print(kunrei) # nihon (same for this example)

Debug

Known issues

gotchaSome Romaji inputs may not round-trip correctly due to ambiguous mappings (e.g., 'おお' vs 'おう').

fix

Be aware that conversion is phonetic; verify expected output for edge cases.

affects: all

deprecatedThe library is not actively maintained (last update 2013). It may have bugs or miss modern Python features.

fix

Consider alternatives like pykakasi or jaconv for actively maintained libraries.

affects: 0.2.1

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Version history

0.2.1latest on PyPI · released Feb 26, 2013

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Resources

packagehttps://pypi.org/project/romkan/ ↗

homepagehttp://www.soimort.org/python-romkan/ ↗