Text::...b::Dict(3pm)

💖 Text::MeCab::Dict — the manual, but make it cute 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about Text::MeCab::Dict — that's the Text::MeCab::Dict page from the User Contributed Perl Documentation, and she's a Utility To Work With MeCab Dictionary. literally that's the NAME, no notes. ✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

here's the whole vibe in one go, direct from the source, don't touch anything:

  use Text::MeCab::Dict;

  my $dict = Text::MeCab::Dict->new(
    dict_source => "/path/to/mecab-ipadic-source"
  );
  $dict->add(
    surface      => $surface,        # 表層形
    left_id      => $left_id,        # 左文脈ID
    right_id     => $right_id,       # 右文脈ID
    cost         => $cost,           # コスト
    pos          => $part_of_speech, # 品詞
    category1    => $category1,      # 品詞細分類1
    category2    => $category2,      # 品詞細分類2
    category3    => $category3,      # 品詞細分類3

    # XXX this below two parameter names need blessing from a knowing
    # expert, and is subject to change
    inflect      => $inflect,        # 活用形
    inflect_type => $inflect_type,   # 活用型

    original     => $original,       # 原形
    yomi         => $yomi,           # 読み
    pronounce    => $pronounce,      # 発音
    extra        => \@extras,        # ユーザー設定
  );
  $dict->write('foo.csv');
  $dict->rebuild();

🫶 heads up: those two parameter names inflect and inflect_type are literally flagged in the source as needing blessing from a knowing expert, and they're subject to change. so don't build your whole personality around them, okay? 🙈

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🎀 METHODS 🎀

✨ new

Creates a new instance of Text::MeCab::Dict. new instance, new me, main character energy 👑

The path to the source of mecab-ipadic is required, bestie, you can't skip it:

  my $dict = Text::MeCab::Dict->new(
    dict_source => "/path/to/mecab-ipadic-source"
  );

and if you're in an environment where mecab-config is NOT available, you also have to specify libexecdir, which is where mecab-dict-index is installed:

  my $dict = Text::MeCab::Dict->new(
    dict_source => "/path/to/mecab-ipadic-source",
    libexecdir  => "/path/to/mecab/libexec/",
  );

that's it, that's the whole constructor. no cap. 💅

🌈 add

Adds a new entry to be appended to the dictionary. Please see SYNOPSIS for arguments — yeah, go look up there, I already laid them all out for you, you're welcome 💖

🦋 write

Writes out the entries that were added via add() to the specified file location. 🌸

and here's the lil plot twist: if the file name does not look like an absolute path, the name will be treated relatively from dict_source. so like, know where you're standing, girlie. ✨

⭐ rebuild

Rebuilds the index. 🔥

⚠️ This usually requires that you are have root privileges — yes that's exactly how the original says it and I'm not fixing it, it's iconic. go get your sudo, bestie.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• http://mecab.sourceforge.net/dic.html

go read it, it's giving documentation, iykyk 🧚

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and that's the tea, bestie 🍓 this whole page came to you courtesy of perl v5.42.3 and the date 2026-08-20, filed under Text::MeCab::Dict(3pm). slay, go add some dictionary entries, periodt 💅✨💜