(WIP) Japanese Command-line Dictionary

Basic usage (not functional yet):

# convert text to kana and add it to the dictionary with the meaning after "-m"
jcd add -r hiragana -m Cursive syllabary used in the japanese language
jcd add -h hiragana -m Cursive syllabary used in the japanese language
# messed up case also works
jcd add -r KATakANA -m Angualar syllabary used in the japanese language
jcd add -k KATakANA -m Angualar syllabary used in the japanese language
# search the dictionary for a word
jcd search -r ushi # auto detects kana to use
jcd search -h ushi # converts to hiragana (ignores case)
jcd search -k ushi # converts to katakana (ignores case)
# convert arguments to kana and print to stdout
jcd convert -r KATAKANA ga wakaru # auto detects
jcd convert -h KATAKANA ga wakaru # converts to hiragana
jcd convert -k KATAKANA ga wakaru # converts to katakana

See main.rs for more details.

Conversion method

Conversion uses the Modified Hepburn system, except for syllables with the macron or circumflex, which is not implemented yet. Hyphen (-) is always converted to the chouonpu (ー). m (or M) is never converted to ん (or ン).

Some examples:

Romaji	Kana
hiragana	ひらがな
KATakANA and KATAKANA	カタカナ
CHOKORE-TO	チョコレート
nippon	にっぽん
kan'i	かんい
kani	かに
shin'you	しんよう
shinyou	しにょう
maccha (not matcha)	まっちゃ
matcha	まtちゃ
kka ssa tta hha rra	っか っさ った っは っら

Notes about the project and Rust

I'm using this project as an exercise to learn Rust but I don't plan to drop it at least until it has all the functionality I want.

As I'm pretty new to Rust you'll probably find lots of things that could be improved. As I learn more about it and how to use it hopefully they'll be changed. If not, don't let that put you off!