Japanese functions
Japanese functions return date parts in Japanese; and convert date, number, and text values to other data types and Japanese kana systems.
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                                                         Returns text in Japanese that is the full name of the weekday for a date.  | 
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                                                         Converts Japanese text to hiragana, katakana, or roman text.  | 
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                                                         Converts katakana (hankaku and zenkaku) in text to hiragana.  | 
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                                                         Converts zenkaku katakana to hankaku katakana.  | 
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                                                         Converts hankaku katakana to zenkaku katakana.  | 
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                                                         Converts arabic numerals to kanji numerals.  | 
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                                                         Converts hiragana to zenkaku katakana.  | 
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                                                         Returns the name of the month of a date in Japanese.  | 
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                                                         Converts arabic numerals to Japanese text.  | 
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                                                         Converts zenkaku alphanumeric and symbols to hankaku alphanumeric and symbols.  | 
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                                                         Converts hankaku alphanumeric and symbols to zenkaku alphanumeric and symbols.  | 
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                                                         Returns the Japanese year name of a date, in the specified format.  |