KAKASI-PYKAKASI(1)

💖 KAKASI-PYKAKASI(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the User Commands section, this is the manual page for kakasi-pykakasi and it's lowkey iconic. let's get into it 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

kakasi-pykakasi — Kana kanji simple inversion. that's it, that's the whole vibe. ✨

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

kakasi-pykakasi [-h] [-v] [-I INFILE] [-O OUTFILE] [-w] [-r {k,h,p}]
[-s] [-S SEPARATOR] [-f] [-C] [-U] [-E {a,N}] [-J {a,H,K,N}] [-K
{a,H,N}] [-H {a,K,N}] [-a {E,N}]

like, that's the whole shape of it. memorize it or don't, the options list below has you either way 💅

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

It's literally a kakasi implementation on Python. no cap, that's the description. it does the kana/kanji inversion thing and it does it cutely. 🦋

🧚 Executable Options

the "how do I even run this / how do I make it stop" options:

• --version, -v — Display version. so you can flex which one you've got.
• --help, -h — Display help text. ur bestie when you forget everything.
• --input, -i <filename> — input file name (default STDIN). so if you don't give it one, it's reading from STDIN, periodt.
• --output, -o <filename> — output file name (default STDOUT). no filename = it yells into STDOUT like a main character.

🌀 Mode Options

pick ur fighter:

• --wakati, -w — wakati gaki mode. yes that's the name, don't look at me.
• -f — furigana mode.

🔥 Conversion Options

bestie these switch alphabets are derived from original Kakasi, so show them some respect. each option character means character sets as follows:

🔤 Character Sets

a: ascii  j: jisroman  g: graphic  k: kana
(j,k     defined in jisx0201)

E: kigou  K: katakana  H: hiragana J: kanji
(E,K,H,J defined in jisx0208)

now the actual converters, go off:

• -K <a|H|N> — How convert Katakana to: a, H, None.
• -H <a|K|N> — How convert Hiragana to: a, K, None.
• -J <a|H|K|N> — How convert Kanji to: a, H, K, None.
• -a <E|N> — How convert ASCII Roman to: E, None.
• -E <a|N> — How convert JIS Roman to: a, None.

💫 Behavior Options

the little garnish options that change how it feels:

• -U — Output characters in uppercase. LOUD MODE, screaming, we love her 😭
• -C — Capitalize first roman character of each words.
• --space, -s — Insert space character between words.
• --roman, -r <h|k|p> — Roman word conversion rule. It takes following keywords:
  • h — hepburn
  • k — kunrei
  • p — passport
• --separator, -S <character> — Specify separator character for inserting between words.

🚦 Exit status

Command line executable return codes, aka the receipts:

• 0 — convert successful

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💀 heads up bestie: that's literally every code listed here. don't come for me, I only report what the page says.

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and that's the whole page, you ate it, I'm obsessed. this was the kakasi-pykakasi manual, source/version kakasi-pykakasi, dated March 2026, filed under KAKASI-PYKAKASI(1) — ily, go convert something 🌈👑💜