Mecab controller

Mecab controller is a simple wrapper around mecab (AUR). It was created primarily to be used in AJT Japanese, an Anki add-on that generates furigana for Japanese text. Originally based on code from Japanese support.

Usage with AJT Japanese

This repository is already included with AJT Japanese. You don't need to do anything extra.

Standalone usage

>>> import mecab_controller
>>> mecab = mecab_controller.MecabController()
>>> print(mecab.reading('昨日すき焼きを食べました'))
昨日[きのう]すき 焼[や]きを 食[た]べました

python -m mecab_controller 昨日すき焼きを食べました
昨日[きのう]すき 焼[や]きを 食[た]べました

Tokens returned by MecabController.translate() always have a string-valued katakana_reading. An empty string means a separate reading is unavailable or unnecessary, such as for kana-only words. Check its truthiness before treating it as a nonempty reading.

Sources

The bundled user_dic.dic comes from this project.