A tool to convert English words to katakana(Japanese alphabets) reading.
You need to clone the repository and compile it.
git clone https://github.com/ironsand/kanayomi.git
cd kanayomi
go build -o kanayomi main.go bep_dic.go
sudo mv kanayomi /usr/local/bin/
Change /usr/local/bin suitable for your environments.
The command takes a english word as an argument and returns katakana. If corresponding katakana doesn't exist it returns nothing.
$ kanayomi english
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$ kanayomi word_not_exist
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Originally the code is written by @metropolis in Stackoverlow
The translation data bep-eng.dic is from Bilingual Emacspeak Project