kakasi

Kanji -> kana converter

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  1. Package version
    kakasi-2.3.4p0
  2. Maintainer
    Marc Espie

Kakasi can convert Kanji to Hiragana, katakana, or even roman characters.
It may be helpful to read japanese documents, either if you don't know
japanese well, or if you have access to limited hardware.