KANATEST(1)

πŸ“¦ version 0.4.10~git20200611.860e790, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ KANATEST ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to kanatest πŸ’– this is the manual page for it, and no cap, it's a whole lil vibe. it lives in the General Commands Manual (that's section 1, iykyk) and it's here to help you learn Japanese kana characters. let's get into it πŸŽ€


🌸 NAME 🌸

kanatest β€” a beginner's drill game to learn Japanese kana characters πŸ’…

πŸ¦‹ SYNOPSIS πŸ¦‹

kanatest

that's it. that's the whole thing. iconic, honestly ✨

πŸ‘‘ DESCRIPTION πŸ‘‘

okay so kanatest is a simple hiragana and katakana drill game, and fr fr its whole job is checking your knowledge of Japanese kana characters. like, it's a quiz but make it cute πŸ“

there are three drill modes, and you gotta pick your fighter:

  • hiragana mode β€” hiragana charset only πŸŽ€
  • katakana mode β€” katakana charset only πŸ¦‹
  • mixed mode β€” both charsets, no skipping, main character energy 🌈

here's the gameplay loop, and it's giving study buddy: the tester shows you random kana characters and then just... waits. patiently. until you enter the romaji equivalent in an entry field πŸ’– so you type it in, and that's the drill. at the end, statistics are provided β€” yes bestie, you get your receipts πŸ“Šβœ¨

also, lowkey important: kanatest uses GTK 2. periodt.

πŸ’… OPTIONS πŸ’…

not a single one. there are no options for kanatest.

and honestly? she doesn't need any. she's booked, she's busy, she's got kana to drill πŸ™ˆ

🌟 AUTHOR 🌟

this manual page was written by Sam Hocevar <sho@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution, and the reason is genuinely so real: the original program did not have a manual page 😭 so he wrote one. a hero, fr fr 🫢


and that's the whole page, bestie!! this one came straight out of the General Commands Manual, KANATEST(1), and it's the kanatest page in all its glory. go drill those kana, you got this πŸ‘‘πŸ’œ