Japanese functions

Japanese functions return date parts in Japanese; and convert date, number, and text values to other data types and Japanese kana systems.

Function

Purpose

DayNameJ

Returns text in Japanese that is the full name of the weekday for a date.

Furigana

Converts Japanese text to hiragana, katakana, or roman text.

Hiragana

Converts katakana (hankaku and zenkaku) in text to hiragana.

KanaHankaku

Converts zenkaku katakana to hankaku katakana.

KanaZenkaku

Converts hankaku katakana to zenkaku katakana.

KanjiNumeral

Converts arabic numerals to kanji numerals.

Katakana

Converts hiragana to zenkaku katakana.

MonthNameJ

Returns the name of the month of a date in Japanese.

NumToJText

Converts arabic numerals to Japanese text.

RomanHankaku

Converts zenkaku alphanumeric and symbols to hankaku alphanumeric and symbols.

RomanZenkaku

Converts hankaku alphanumeric and symbols to zenkaku alphanumeric and symbols.

YearName

Returns the Japanese year name of a date, in the specified format.