---
name: "Text::MeCab::Dict"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libtext-mecab-perl"
version: "0.20016-5+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Text::MeCab::Dict"
---

# Text::MeCab::Dict(3pm)

Utility To Work With MeCab Dictionary

## 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,        # 表層形
    left_id      => $left_id,        # 左文脈ID
    right_id     => $right_id,       # 右文脈ID
    cost         => $cost,           # コスト
    pos          => $part_of_speech, # 品詞
    category1    => $category1,      # 品詞細分類1
    category2    => $category2,      # 品詞細分類2
    category3    => $category3,      # 品詞細分類3
    # XXX this below two parameter names need blessing from a knowing
    # expert, and is subject to change
    inflect      => $inflect,        # 活用形
    inflect_type => $inflect_type,   # 活用型
    original     => $original,       # 原形
    yomi         => $yomi,           # 読み
    pronounce    => $pronounce,      # 発音
    extra        => \@extras,        # ユーザー設定
  );
  $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