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 strWithReplacedPunctionation = JapaneseUtils
.Punctuation
.replacePunctuation(testStr)
println(strWithReplacedPunctionation) //"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"))