RE: tlug: Japanese Word Count

["Frank Bennett" <bennett@example.com>]

>Is there a standard way to define a word in Japanese? E.g. does
>"tabeteshimatta" count as one word or two?


Hmm.  Piping this through kakasi -w, we get:

  ??? ????

So Kakasi thinks it's two words.  You'd have to look at the docs
and the source to figure out why, though --- I'm weak on
book-learning'  :-)



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