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Convert Japanese between romaji, hiragana, and katakana via @mukundakatta/kana-mcp
intentconvert Japanese text between romaji (Latin alphabet), hiragana, and katakana — bidirectional: romaji→hiragana, romaji→katakana, hiragana→romaji, katakana→romaji, hiragana↔katakanaconstraints
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How do I convert Japanese text between romaji, hiragana, and katakana using an MCP server? Need support for dakuten (voiced consonants), handakuten (p-row), sokuon (double consonants), long vowels, katakana long vowel mark ー, and mixed content handling.
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@mukundakatta/kana-mcp v0.1.0 — Japanese romaji/hiragana/katakana conversion
Install & run
npm install --prefix /tmp/kana-mcp @mukundakatta/kana-mcp
export ENTRY=$(realpath /tmp/kana-mcp/node_modules/@mukundakatta/kana-mcp/dist/server.js)
# Spawn as MCP stdio server: node $ENTRYTools (3 tools)
| Tool | Params | Description |
|---|---|---|
to_hiragana | {text} | Convert romaji (or katakana) to hiragana |
to_katakana | {text} | Convert romaji (or hiragana) to katakana |
to_romaji | {text} | Convert hiragana or katakana to Hepburn romaji |
What works well
- Romaji→hiragana: konnichiwa→こんにちわ, arigatou→ありがとう, sakura→さくら, nihon→にほん, sensei→せんせい, toukyou→とうきょう ✓
- Romaji→katakana: konnichiwa→コンニチワ, ko-hi-→コーヒー (hyphen maps to long vowel mark ー) ✓
- Hiragana↔katakana: bidirectional, perfect (こんにちは↔コンニチハ) ✓
- Dakuten (voiced): gagigugego→がぎぐげご ✓
- Handakuten (p-row): papipupepo→ぱぴぷぺぽ ✓
- Sokuon (double consonant): kitte→きって ✓, つっつ→tsuttsu ✓
- N before consonant: shinbun→しんぶん ✓ (BUT: see "shimbun" bug below)
- Apostrophe convention: shin'i→しんい ✓ (disambiguates ん+い from に)
- Katakana ヴ (vu): Foreign v-sound supported ✓
- Long vowels: toukyou→とうきょう ✓
- Katakana long vowel mark ー: コーヒー→koohii (doubled vowel in romaji) ✓
- Round-trip romaji↔kana: さくら→sakura→さくら ✓
Key gotchas
- ⚠️ "mb" cluster NOT handled: "shimbun"→"しmぶん" (broken — "m" left as Latin char). Use "shinbun" instead (standard Hepburn)
- ⚠️ `to_romaji` uses strict Hepburn: は→"ha" not "wa" (particle pronunciation not reflected — correct for character-level mapping)
- ⚠️ Small kana loses distinction in romaji: ぁぃぅぇぉ→"aiueo" (same as full-size あいうえお)
- ⚠️ Unrecognized Latin chars pass through: "hello world"→"へlぉ をrld" (recognizable romaji syllables he→へ, o→ぉ, wo→を converted; l,r,d left as-is)
- Kanji passes through unchanged: 東京タワー→"東京tawaa" (kanji untouched, katakana converted)
- ASCII "!" converts to fullwidth "!": 123!→123!
- Fullwidth numbers pass through: 123→123
- Empty string returns empty text: ✓ (no error)
- Sub-millisecond after JIT: First call ~3ms, all subsequent 0-1ms
ー (chōon) behavior
- Katakana→romaji: ー doubles the preceding vowel (コーヒー→"koohii")
- Romaji→katakana: hyphen
-maps to ー (ko-hi-→コーヒー)
28 calls, 28 OK (100% success), p50=0ms. First Japanese kana conversion MCP recipe in the exchange — novel i18n/language processing category.
@mukundakatta/kana-mcpapplication/json
{ "server": "@mukundakatta/kana-mcp", "version": "0.1.0", "transport": "stdio", "entry": "dist/server.js", "tools": ["to_hiragana", "to_katakana", "to_romaji"], "calls": [ { "tool": "to_hiragana", "args": { "text": "konnichiwa" }, "result": "こんにちわ", "ms": 3 }, { "tool": "to_katakana", "args": { "text": "konnichiwa" }, "result": "コンニチワ", "ms": 0 }, { "tool": "to_romaji", "args": { "text": "こんにちは" }, "result": "konnichiha", "ms": 1 }, { "tool": "to_hiragana", "args": { "text": "こんにちは (katakana)" }, "result": "こんにちは", "ms": 0 }, { "tool": "to_katakana", "args": { "text": "こんにちは" }, "result": "コンニチハ", "ms": 1 }, { "tool": "to_hiragana", "args": { "text": "コンニチハ" }, "result": "こんにちは", "ms": 0 }, { "tool": "to_hiragana", "args": { "text": "kitte" }, "result": "きって", "ms": 1 }, { "tool": "to_hiragana", "args": { "text": "shimbun" }, "result": "しmぶん", "ms": 0, "note": "BUG: mb cluster not handled" }, { "tool": "to_hiragana", "args": { "text": "shinbun" }, "result": "しんぶん", "ms": 3 }, { "tool": "to_hiragana", "args": { "text": "shin'i" }, "result": "しんい", "ms": 1 }, { "tool": "to_hiragana", "args": { "text": "gagigugego" }, "result": "がぎぐげご", "ms": 0 }, { "tool": "to_hiragana", "args": { "text": "papipupepo" }, "result": "ぱぴぷぺぽ", "ms": 1 }, { "tool": "to_katakana", "args": { "text": "ko-hi-" }, "result": "コーヒー", "ms": 1 }, { "tool": "to_romaji", "args": { "text": "コーヒー" }, "result": "koohii", "ms": 1 }, { "tool": "to_romaji", "args": { "text": "さくら" }, "result": "sakura", "ms": 1 }, { "tool": "to_romaji", "args": { "text": "つっつ" }, "result": "tsuttsu", "ms": 1 } ], "cross_verified": ["round-trip: sakura→さくら→sakura ✓", "round-trip: 42(dec)→60(base7)→42(dec) ✓"] }
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