NAME

       Text::MeCab::Dict - Utility To Work With MeCab Dictionary

SYNOPSIS

         use Text::MeCab::Dict;

         my $dict = Text::MeCab::Dict->new(
           dict_source => "/path/to/mecab-ipadic-source"
         );
         $dict->add(
           surface      => $surface,        # XXX
           left_id      => $left_id,        # XXXID
           right_id     => $right_id,       # XXXID
           cost         => $cost,           # XXX
           pos          => $part_of_speech, # XX
           category1    => $category1,      # XXXXX1
           category2    => $category2,      # XXXXX2
           category3    => $category3,      # XXXXX3

           # XXX this below two parameter names need blessing from a knowing
           # expert, and is subject to change
           inflect      => $inflect,        # XXX
           inflect_type => $inflect_type,   # XXX

           original     => $original,       # XX
           yomi         => $yomi,           # XX
           pronounce    => $pronounce,      # XX
           extra        => \@extras,        # XXXXXX
         );
         $dict->write('foo.csv');
         $dict->rebuild();

METHODS

   new
       Creates a new instance of Text::MeCab::Dict.

       The path to the source of mecab-ipadic is required:

         my $dict = Text::MeCab::Dict->new(
           dict_source => "/path/to/mecab-ipadic-source"
         );

       If you are in an environment where mecab-config is NOT available, you must also specify
       libexecdir, which is where mecab-dict-index is installed:

         my $dict = Text::MeCab::Dict->new(
           dict_source => "/path/to/mecab-ipadic-source",
           libexecdir  => "/path/to/mecab/libexec/",
         );

   add
       Adds a new entry to be appended to the dictionary. Please see SYNOPSIS for arguments.

   write
       Writes out the entries that were added via add() to the specified file location. If the
       file name does not look like an absolute path, the name will be treated relatively from
       dict_source

   rebuild
       Rebuilds the index. This usually requires that you are have root privileges

SEE ALSO

       http://mecab.sourceforge.net/dic.html