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A micro library of functions to work with japanese strings.

    //using the JapaneseUtils singleton
    println(JapaneseUtils.containsHiragana("込める")) //true
    println(JapaneseUtils.containsKatakana("淋しい")) //false
    println(JapaneseUtils.containsKanji("淋しい"))    //true

    println(JapaneseUtils.isHiragana('込'))         //false
    println(JapaneseUtils.isKatakana('淋'))         //false
    println(JapaneseUtils.isKanji('い'))            //false

    //using implicits

    //hasX methods, works on string
    println("当てのない僕は".hasHiragana)             //true
    println("満月".hasKanji)                         //true
    println("オカエリナサイ".hasKanji)                 //false

    //isX, works on char
    println('そ'.isHiragana)                       //true
    println('た'isKatakana)                        //false
    println('林'.isKanji)                          //true

    //miscellaneous methods
    val testStr = """"this is a test!? yes? it is sir.""""
    val strWithReplacedPunctuation = JapaneseUtils
                                       .Punctuation
                                       .replacePunctuation(testStr)
    println(strWithReplacedPunctuation)         //"this is a test！？ yes？ it is sir。"

    //「wrap me in single quotes」 and 『wrap me in double quotes』 respectively
    println(JapaneseUtils.Punctuation.wrapInSingleQuotes("wrap me in single quotes"))
    println(JapaneseUtils.Punctuation.wrapInDoubleQuotes("wrap me in double quotes"))

    //2025 update　KanaDiacritics
    //true
    println("俺はテストだぞ".hasDakuten)
    //true
    println("いっぱいに静かがっぽい".hasHandakuten)

    //ｶﾀｶﾅ　ABC123&%
    val s = "カタカナ　ＡＢＣ１２３＆％"
    println(HalfWidthConverter.toHalfWidth(s))