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 Igo for Python
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About
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Igo_ is a Japanese morphological analyzer written in Java and Common Lisp.
This software is Python port of Igo(Java version).

.. _Igo: http://igo.osdn.jp/

Notice
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Dictionary builder is not provided. You need to use Igo Java version to build the dictionary for Igo.
From igo-python 0.9.7, pre-built `IPA dictionary (2.7.0-20070801)`__ is included for ease of use.

__ https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B4y35FiV1wh7MWVlSDBCSXZMTXM

How To Use
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You can use Igo Python easily::

 >>> from igo.Tagger import Tagger
 >>> t = Tagger() # use bundled dictionary
 >>> for m in t.parse(u'すもももももももものうち'):
 ...     print m.surface, m.feature
 ...
 すもも 名詞,一般,*,*,*,*,すもも,スモモ,スモモ
 も 助詞,係助詞,*,*,*,*,も,モ,モ
 もも 名詞,一般,*,*,*,*,もも,モモ,モモ
 も 助詞,係助詞,*,*,*,*,も,モ,モ
 もも 名詞,一般,*,*,*,*,もも,モモ,モモ
 の 助詞,連体化,*,*,*,*,の,ノ,ノ
 うち 名詞,非自立,副詞可能,*,*,*,うち,ウチ,ウチ
 >>>


Using command line parser::

  $ igo # or python -m igo.parse
  私の名前は中野です
  私      名詞,代名詞,一般,*,*,*,私,ワタシ,ワタシ
  の      助詞,連体化,*,*,*,*,の,ノ,ノ
  名前    名詞,一般,*,*,*,*,名前,ナマエ,ナマエ
  は      助詞,係助詞,*,*,*,*,は,ハ,ワ
  中野    名詞,固有名詞,地域,一般,*,*,中野,ナカノ,ナカノ
  です    助動詞,*,*,*,特殊・デス,基本形,です,デス,デス
  EOS