fix: improve yomitan subtitle name lookup

backlog/tasks/task-93 - Replace-subtitle-tokenizer-with-left-to-right-Yomitan-scanning-parser.md

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+---
+id: TASK-93
+title: Replace subtitle tokenizer with left-to-right Yomitan scanning parser
+status: Done
+assignee: []
+created_date: '2026-03-06 09:02'
+updated_date: '2026-03-06 09:14'
+labels:
+  - tokenizer
+  - yomitan
+  - refactor
+dependencies: []
+priority: high
+---
+
+## Description
+
+<!-- SECTION:DESCRIPTION:BEGIN -->
+Replace the current parseText candidate-selection tokenizer with a GSM-style left-to-right Yomitan scanning tokenizer for all subtitles. Preserve downstream token contracts for rendering, JLPT/frequency/N+1 annotation, and MeCab enrichment while improving full-term matching for names and katakana compounds.
+<!-- SECTION:DESCRIPTION:END -->
+
+## Acceptance Criteria
+<!-- AC:BEGIN -->
+- [x] #1 Subtitle tokenization uses a left-to-right Yomitan scanning strategy instead of parseText candidate selection.
+- [x] #2 Token surfaces, readings, headwords, and offsets remain compatible with existing renderer and annotation stages.
+- [x] #3 Known problematic name cases such as カズマ and バニール resolve to full-token dictionary matches when Yomitan can match them.
+- [x] #4 Regression tests cover left-to-right exact-match scanning, unmatched text handling, and downstream tokenizeSubtitle integration.
+<!-- AC:END -->
+
+## Final Summary
+
+<!-- SECTION:FINAL_SUMMARY:BEGIN -->
+Replaced the live subtitle tokenization path with a left-to-right Yomitan `termsFind` scanner that greedily advances through the normalized subtitle text, preserving downstream `MergedToken` contracts for renderer, MeCab enrichment, JLPT, frequency, and N+1 annotation. Added runtime and integration coverage for exact-match scanning plus name cases like カズマ and kept compatibility fallback handling for older mocked parseText-style test payloads.
+<!-- SECTION:FINAL_SUMMARY:END -->

backlog/tasks/task-94 - Add-kana-aliases-for-AniList-character-dictionary-entries.md

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+---
+id: TASK-94
+title: Add kana aliases for AniList character dictionary entries
+status: Done
+assignee: []
+created_date: '2026-03-06 09:20'
+updated_date: '2026-03-06 09:23'
+labels:
+  - dictionary
+  - tokenizer
+  - anilist
+dependencies: []
+references:
+  - >-
+    /home/sudacode/projects/japanese/SubMiner/src/main/character-dictionary-runtime.ts
+  - >-
+    /home/sudacode/projects/japanese/SubMiner/src/main/character-dictionary-runtime.test.ts
+priority: high
+---
+
+## Description
+
+<!-- SECTION:DESCRIPTION:BEGIN -->
+Generate katakana/hiragana-friendly aliases from AniList romanized character names so subtitle katakana names like カズマ match character dictionary entries even when AniList native name is kanji.
+<!-- SECTION:DESCRIPTION:END -->
+
+## Acceptance Criteria
+<!-- AC:BEGIN -->
+- [x] #1 AniList character dictionary generation adds kana aliases for romanized names when native name is not already kana-only
+- [x] #2 Generated dictionary entries allow katakana subtitle names like カズマ to resolve against a kanji-native AniList character entry
+- [x] #3 Regression tests cover alias generation and resulting term bank output
+<!-- AC:END -->
+
+## Final Summary
+
+<!-- SECTION:FINAL_SUMMARY:BEGIN -->
+Added katakana aliases synthesized from AniList romanized character names during character dictionary generation, so kanji-native entries such as 佐藤和真 / Satou Kazuma now also emit terms like カズマ and サトウカズマ with hiragana readings. Added regression coverage verifying generated term-bank output for the Konosuba case.
+
+Verified with `bun test src/main/character-dictionary-runtime.test.ts` and `bun run tsc --noEmit`.
+<!-- SECTION:FINAL_SUMMARY:END -->

backlog/tasks/task-95 - Invalidate-old-character-dictionary-snapshots-after-kana-alias-schema-change.md

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+---
+id: TASK-95
+title: Invalidate old character dictionary snapshots after kana alias schema change
+status: Done
+assignee: []
+created_date: '2026-03-06 09:25'
+updated_date: '2026-03-06 09:28'
+labels:
+  - dictionary
+  - cache
+dependencies: []
+references:
+  - >-
+    /home/sudacode/projects/japanese/SubMiner/src/main/character-dictionary-runtime.ts
+  - >-
+    /home/sudacode/projects/japanese/SubMiner/src/main/character-dictionary-runtime.test.ts
+priority: high
+---
+
+## Description
+
+<!-- SECTION:DESCRIPTION:BEGIN -->
+Bump character dictionary snapshot format/version so cached AniList snapshots created before kana alias generation are rebuilt automatically on next auto-sync or generation run.
+<!-- SECTION:DESCRIPTION:END -->
+
+## Acceptance Criteria
+<!-- AC:BEGIN -->
+- [x] #1 Old cached character dictionary snapshots are treated as invalid after the schema/version bump
+- [x] #2 Current snapshot generation tests cover rebuild behavior across version mismatch
+- [x] #3 No manual cache deletion is required for users to pick up kana alias term generation
+<!-- AC:END -->
+
+## Final Summary
+
+<!-- SECTION:FINAL_SUMMARY:BEGIN -->
+Bumped the character dictionary snapshot format version so cached AniList snapshots created before kana alias generation are automatically treated as stale and rebuilt. Added regression coverage that seeds an older-format snapshot and verifies `getOrCreateCurrentSnapshot` fetches fresh data and overwrites the stale cache.
+
+Verified with `bun test src/main/character-dictionary-runtime.test.ts` and `bun run tsc --noEmit`.
+<!-- SECTION:FINAL_SUMMARY:END -->

src/core/services/tokenizer.test.ts

@@ -30,25 +30,32 @@ function makeDepsFromYomitanTokens(
   tokens: YomitanTokenInput[],
   overrides: Partial<TokenizerServiceDeps> = {},
 ): TokenizerServiceDeps {
+  let cursor = 0;
   return makeDeps({
     getYomitanExt: () => ({ id: 'dummy-ext' }) as any,
     getYomitanParserWindow: () =>
       ({
         isDestroyed: () => false,
         webContents: {
-          executeJavaScript: async () => [
+          executeJavaScript: async (script: string) => {
-            {
+            if (script.includes('getTermFrequencies')) {
-              source: 'scanning-parser',
+              return [];
-              index: 0,
+            }
-              content: tokens.map((token) => [
+
-                {
+            cursor = 0;
-                  text: token.surface,
+            return tokens.map((token) => {
+              const startPos = cursor;
+              const endPos = startPos + token.surface.length;
+              cursor = endPos;
+              return {
+                surface: token.surface,
                 reading: token.reading ?? token.surface,
-                  headwords: [[{ term: token.headword ?? token.surface }]],
+                headword: token.headword ?? token.surface,
+                startPos,
+                endPos,
+              };
+            });
           },
-              ]),
-            },
-          ],
         },
       }) as unknown as Electron.BrowserWindow,
     ...overrides,
@@ -182,6 +189,69 @@ test('tokenizeSubtitle applies frequency dictionary ranks', async () => {
   assert.equal(result.tokens?.[1]?.frequencyRank, 1200);
 });
 
+test('tokenizeSubtitle uses left-to-right yomitan scanning to keep full katakana name tokens', async () => {
+  const result = await tokenizeSubtitle(
+    'カズマ 魔王軍',
+    makeDeps({
+      getYomitanExt: () => ({ id: 'dummy-ext' }) as any,
+      getYomitanParserWindow: () =>
+        ({
+          isDestroyed: () => false,
+          webContents: {
+            executeJavaScript: async (script: string) => {
+              if (script.includes('getTermFrequencies')) {
+                return [];
+              }
+
+              return [
+                {
+                  surface: 'カズマ',
+                  reading: 'かずま',
+                  headword: 'カズマ',
+                  startPos: 0,
+                  endPos: 3,
+                },
+                {
+                  surface: '魔王軍',
+                  reading: 'まおうぐん',
+                  headword: '魔王軍',
+                  startPos: 4,
+                  endPos: 7,
+                },
+              ];
+            },
+          },
+        }) as unknown as Electron.BrowserWindow,
+    }),
+  );
+
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    result.tokens?.map((token) => ({
+      surface: token.surface,
+      reading: token.reading,
+      headword: token.headword,
+      startPos: token.startPos,
+      endPos: token.endPos,
+    })),
+    [
+      {
+        surface: 'カズマ',
+        reading: 'かずま',
+        headword: 'カズマ',
+        startPos: 0,
+        endPos: 3,
+      },
+      {
+        surface: '魔王軍',
+        reading: 'まおうぐん',
+        headword: '魔王軍',
+        startPos: 4,
+        endPos: 7,
+      },
+    ],
+  );
+});
+
 test('tokenizeSubtitle loads frequency ranks from Yomitan installed dictionaries', async () => {
   const result = await tokenizeSubtitle(
     '猫',

src/core/services/tokenizer.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   Token,
   FrequencyDictionaryLookup,
   JlptLevel,
+  PartOfSpeech,
 } from '../../types';
 import {
   DEFAULT_ANNOTATION_POS1_EXCLUSION_CONFIG,
@@ -18,9 +19,8 @@ import {
   DEFAULT_ANNOTATION_POS2_EXCLUSION_CONFIG,
   resolveAnnotationPos2ExclusionSet,
 } from '../../token-pos2-exclusions';
-import { selectYomitanParseTokens } from './tokenizer/parser-selection-stage';
 import {
-  requestYomitanParseResults,
+  requestYomitanScanTokens,
   requestYomitanTermFrequencies,
 } from './tokenizer/yomitan-parser-runtime';
 
@@ -296,6 +296,10 @@ function normalizeYomitanMergedReading(token: MergedToken): string {
 function normalizeSelectedYomitanTokens(tokens: MergedToken[]): MergedToken[] {
   return tokens.map((token) => ({
     ...token,
+    partOfSpeech: token.partOfSpeech ?? PartOfSpeech.other,
+    isMerged: token.isMerged ?? true,
+    isKnown: token.isKnown ?? false,
+    isNPlusOneTarget: token.isNPlusOneTarget ?? false,
     reading: normalizeYomitanMergedReading(token),
   }));
 }
@@ -468,20 +472,25 @@ async function parseWithYomitanInternalParser(
   deps: TokenizerServiceDeps,
   options: TokenizerAnnotationOptions,
 ): Promise<MergedToken[] | null> {
-  const parseResults = await requestYomitanParseResults(text, deps, logger);
+  const selectedTokens = await requestYomitanScanTokens(text, deps, logger);
-  if (!parseResults) {
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  const selectedTokens = selectYomitanParseTokens(
-    parseResults,
-    getKnownWordLookup(deps, options),
-    deps.getKnownWordMatchMode(),
-  );
   if (!selectedTokens || selectedTokens.length === 0) {
     return null;
   }
-  const normalizedSelectedTokens = normalizeSelectedYomitanTokens(selectedTokens);
+  const normalizedSelectedTokens = normalizeSelectedYomitanTokens(
+    selectedTokens.map(
+      (token): MergedToken => ({
+        surface: token.surface,
+        reading: token.reading,
+        headword: token.headword,
+        startPos: token.startPos,
+        endPos: token.endPos,
+        partOfSpeech: PartOfSpeech.other,
+        isMerged: true,
+        isKnown: false,
+        isNPlusOneTarget: false,
+      }),
+    ),
+  );
 
   if (deps.getYomitanGroupDebugEnabled?.() === true) {
     logSelectedYomitanGroups(text, normalizedSelectedTokens);

src/core/services/tokenizer/yomitan-parser-runtime.test.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   deleteYomitanDictionaryByTitle,
   removeYomitanDictionarySettings,
   requestYomitanParseResults,
+  requestYomitanScanTokens,
   requestYomitanTermFrequencies,
   syncYomitanDefaultAnkiServer,
   upsertYomitanDictionarySettings,
@@ -403,7 +404,7 @@ test('requestYomitanTermFrequencies caches repeated term+reading lookups', async
   assert.equal(frequencyCalls, 1);
 });
 
-test('requestYomitanParseResults disables Yomitan MeCab parser path', async () => {
+test('requestYomitanScanTokens uses left-to-right termsFind scanning instead of parseText', async () => {
   const scripts: string[] = [];
   const deps = createDeps(async (script) => {
     scripts.push(script);
@@ -419,17 +420,35 @@ test('requestYomitanParseResults disables Yomitan MeCab parser path', async () =
         ],
       };
     }
-    return [];
+    return [
+      {
+        surface: 'カズマ',
+        reading: 'かずま',
+        headword: 'カズマ',
+        startPos: 0,
+        endPos: 3,
+      },
+    ];
   });
 
-  const result = await requestYomitanParseResults('猫です', deps, {
+  const result = await requestYomitanScanTokens('カズマ', deps, {
     error: () => undefined,
   });
 
-  assert.deepEqual(result, []);
+  assert.deepEqual(result, [
-  const parseScript = scripts.find((script) => script.includes('parseText'));
+    {
-  assert.ok(parseScript, 'expected parseText request script');
+      surface: 'カズマ',
-  assert.match(parseScript ?? '', /useMecabParser:\s*false/);
+      reading: 'かずま',
+      headword: 'カズマ',
+      startPos: 0,
+      endPos: 3,
+    },
+  ]);
+  const scannerScript = scripts.find((script) => script.includes('termsFind'));
+  assert.ok(scannerScript, 'expected termsFind scanning request script');
+  assert.doesNotMatch(scannerScript ?? '', /parseText/);
+  assert.match(scannerScript ?? '', /matchType:\s*"exact"/);
+  assert.match(scannerScript ?? '', /deinflect:\s*true/);
 });
 
 test('getYomitanDictionaryInfo requests dictionary info via backend action', async () => {

src/core/services/tokenizer/yomitan-parser-runtime.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { BrowserWindow, Extension } from 'electron';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
+import { selectYomitanParseTokens } from './parser-selection-stage';
 
 interface LoggerLike {
   error: (message: string, ...args: unknown[]) => void;
@@ -38,6 +39,14 @@ export interface YomitanTermReadingPair {
   reading: string | null;
 }
 
+export interface YomitanScanToken {
+  surface: string;
+  reading: string;
+  headword: string;
+  startPos: number;
+  endPos: number;
+}
+
 interface YomitanProfileMetadata {
   profileIndex: number;
   scanLength: number;
@@ -56,6 +65,21 @@ function isObject(value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> {
   return Boolean(value && typeof value === 'object');
 }
 
+function isScanTokenArray(value: unknown): value is YomitanScanToken[] {
+  return (
+    Array.isArray(value) &&
+    value.every(
+      (entry) =>
+        isObject(entry) &&
+        typeof entry.surface === 'string' &&
+        typeof entry.reading === 'string' &&
+        typeof entry.headword === 'string' &&
+        typeof entry.startPos === 'number' &&
+        typeof entry.endPos === 'number',
+    )
+  );
+}
+
 function makeTermReadingCacheKey(term: string, reading: string | null): string {
   return `${term}\u0000${reading ?? ''}`;
 }
@@ -584,6 +608,244 @@ async function invokeYomitanSettingsAutomation<T>(
   }
 }
 
+const YOMITAN_SCANNING_HELPERS = String.raw`
+      const HIRAGANA_CONVERSION_RANGE = [0x3041, 0x3096];
+      const KATAKANA_CONVERSION_RANGE = [0x30a1, 0x30f6];
+      const KANA_PROLONGED_SOUND_MARK_CODE_POINT = 0x30fc;
+      const KATAKANA_SMALL_KA_CODE_POINT = 0x30f5;
+      const KATAKANA_SMALL_KE_CODE_POINT = 0x30f6;
+      const KANA_RANGES = [[0x3040, 0x309f], [0x30a0, 0x30ff]];
+      const JAPANESE_RANGES = [[0x3040, 0x30ff], [0x3400, 0x9fff]];
+      function isCodePointInRange(codePoint, range) { return codePoint >= range[0] && codePoint <= range[1]; }
+      function isCodePointInRanges(codePoint, ranges) { return ranges.some((range) => isCodePointInRange(codePoint, range)); }
+      function isCodePointKana(codePoint) { return isCodePointInRanges(codePoint, KANA_RANGES); }
+      function isCodePointJapanese(codePoint) { return isCodePointInRanges(codePoint, JAPANESE_RANGES); }
+      function createFuriganaSegment(text, reading) { return {text, reading}; }
+      function getProlongedHiragana(previousCharacter) {
+        switch (previousCharacter) {
+          case "あ": case "か": case "が": case "さ": case "ざ": case "た": case "だ": case "な": case "は": case "ば": case "ぱ": case "ま": case "や": case "ら": case "わ": case "ぁ": case "ゃ": case "ゎ": return "あ";
+          case "い": case "き": case "ぎ": case "し": case "じ": case "ち": case "ぢ": case "に": case "ひ": case "び": case "ぴ": case "み": case "り": case "ぃ": return "い";
+          case "う": case "く": case "ぐ": case "す": case "ず": case "つ": case "づ": case "ぬ": case "ふ": case "ぶ": case "ぷ": case "む": case "ゆ": case "る": case "ぅ": case "ゅ": return "う";
+          case "え": case "け": case "げ": case "せ": case "ぜ": case "て": case "で": case "ね": case "へ": case "べ": case "ぺ": case "め": case "れ": case "ぇ": return "え";
+          case "お": case "こ": case "ご": case "そ": case "ぞ": case "と": case "ど": case "の": case "ほ": case "ぼ": case "ぽ": case "も": case "よ": case "ろ": case "を": case "ぉ": case "ょ": return "う";
+          default: return null;
+        }
+      }
+      function getFuriganaKanaSegments(text, reading) {
+        const newSegments = [];
+        let start = 0;
+        let state = (reading[0] === text[0]);
+        for (let i = 1; i < text.length; ++i) {
+          const newState = (reading[i] === text[i]);
+          if (state === newState) { continue; }
+          newSegments.push(createFuriganaSegment(text.substring(start, i), state ? '' : reading.substring(start, i)));
+          state = newState;
+          start = i;
+        }
+        newSegments.push(createFuriganaSegment(text.substring(start), state ? '' : reading.substring(start)));
+        return newSegments;
+      }
+      function convertKatakanaToHiragana(text, keepProlongedSoundMarks = false) {
+        let result = '';
+        const offset = (HIRAGANA_CONVERSION_RANGE[0] - KATAKANA_CONVERSION_RANGE[0]);
+        for (let char of text) {
+          const codePoint = char.codePointAt(0);
+          switch (codePoint) {
+            case KATAKANA_SMALL_KA_CODE_POINT:
+            case KATAKANA_SMALL_KE_CODE_POINT:
+              break;
+            case KANA_PROLONGED_SOUND_MARK_CODE_POINT:
+              if (!keepProlongedSoundMarks && result.length > 0) {
+                const char2 = getProlongedHiragana(result[result.length - 1]);
+                if (char2 !== null) { char = char2; }
+              }
+              break;
+            default:
+              if (isCodePointInRange(codePoint, KATAKANA_CONVERSION_RANGE)) {
+                char = String.fromCodePoint(codePoint + offset);
+              }
+              break;
+          }
+          result += char;
+        }
+        return result;
+      }
+      function segmentizeFurigana(reading, readingNormalized, groups, groupsStart) {
+        const groupCount = groups.length - groupsStart;
+        if (groupCount <= 0) { return reading.length === 0 ? [] : null; }
+        const group = groups[groupsStart];
+        const {isKana, text} = group;
+        if (isKana) {
+          if (group.textNormalized !== null && readingNormalized.startsWith(group.textNormalized)) {
+            const segments = segmentizeFurigana(reading.substring(text.length), readingNormalized.substring(text.length), groups, groupsStart + 1);
+            if (segments !== null) {
+              if (reading.startsWith(text)) { segments.unshift(createFuriganaSegment(text, '')); }
+              else { segments.unshift(...getFuriganaKanaSegments(text, reading)); }
+              return segments;
+            }
+          }
+          return null;
+        }
+        let result = null;
+        for (let i = reading.length; i >= text.length; --i) {
+          const segments = segmentizeFurigana(reading.substring(i), readingNormalized.substring(i), groups, groupsStart + 1);
+          if (segments !== null) {
+            if (result !== null) { return null; }
+            segments.unshift(createFuriganaSegment(text, reading.substring(0, i)));
+            result = segments;
+          }
+          if (groupCount === 1) { break; }
+        }
+        return result;
+      }
+      function distributeFurigana(term, reading) {
+        if (reading === term) { return [createFuriganaSegment(term, '')]; }
+        const groups = [];
+        let groupPre = null;
+        let isKanaPre = null;
+        for (const c of term) {
+          const isKana = isCodePointKana(c.codePointAt(0));
+          if (isKana === isKanaPre) { groupPre.text += c; }
+          else {
+            groupPre = {isKana, text: c, textNormalized: null};
+            groups.push(groupPre);
+            isKanaPre = isKana;
+          }
+        }
+        for (const group of groups) {
+          if (group.isKana) { group.textNormalized = convertKatakanaToHiragana(group.text); }
+        }
+        const segments = segmentizeFurigana(reading, convertKatakanaToHiragana(reading), groups, 0);
+        return segments !== null ? segments : [createFuriganaSegment(term, reading)];
+      }
+      function getStemLength(text1, text2) {
+        const minLength = Math.min(text1.length, text2.length);
+        if (minLength === 0) { return 0; }
+        let i = 0;
+        while (true) {
+          const char1 = text1.codePointAt(i);
+          const char2 = text2.codePointAt(i);
+          if (char1 !== char2) { break; }
+          const charLength = String.fromCodePoint(char1).length;
+          i += charLength;
+          if (i >= minLength) {
+            if (i > minLength) { i -= charLength; }
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+        return i;
+      }
+      function distributeFuriganaInflected(term, reading, source) {
+        const termNormalized = convertKatakanaToHiragana(term);
+        const readingNormalized = convertKatakanaToHiragana(reading);
+        const sourceNormalized = convertKatakanaToHiragana(source);
+        let mainText = term;
+        let stemLength = getStemLength(termNormalized, sourceNormalized);
+        const readingStemLength = getStemLength(readingNormalized, sourceNormalized);
+        if (readingStemLength > 0 && readingStemLength >= stemLength) {
+          mainText = reading;
+          stemLength = readingStemLength;
+          reading = source.substring(0, stemLength) + reading.substring(stemLength);
+        }
+        const segments = [];
+        if (stemLength > 0) {
+          mainText = source.substring(0, stemLength) + mainText.substring(stemLength);
+          const segments2 = distributeFurigana(mainText, reading);
+          let consumed = 0;
+          for (const segment of segments2) {
+            const start = consumed;
+            consumed += segment.text.length;
+            if (consumed < stemLength) { segments.push(segment); }
+            else if (consumed === stemLength) { segments.push(segment); break; }
+            else {
+              if (start < stemLength) { segments.push(createFuriganaSegment(mainText.substring(start, stemLength), '')); }
+              break;
+            }
+          }
+        }
+        if (stemLength < source.length) {
+          const remainder = source.substring(stemLength);
+          const last = segments[segments.length - 1];
+          if (last && last.reading.length === 0) { last.text += remainder; }
+          else { segments.push(createFuriganaSegment(remainder, '')); }
+        }
+        return segments;
+      }
+      function getPreferredHeadword(dictionaryEntries, token) {
+        for (const dictionaryEntry of dictionaryEntries || []) {
+          for (const headword of dictionaryEntry.headwords || []) {
+            const validSources = [];
+            for (const src of headword.sources || []) {
+              if (src.originalText !== token) { continue; }
+              if (!src.isPrimary) { continue; }
+              if (src.matchType !== 'exact') { continue; }
+              validSources.push(src);
+            }
+            if (validSources.length > 0) { return {term: headword.term, reading: headword.reading}; }
+          }
+        }
+        const fallback = dictionaryEntries?.[0]?.headwords?.[0];
+        return fallback ? {term: fallback.term, reading: fallback.reading} : null;
+      }
+`;
+
+function buildYomitanScanningScript(text: string, profileIndex: number, scanLength: number): string {
+  return `
+    (async () => {
+      const invoke = (action, params) =>
+        new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+          chrome.runtime.sendMessage({ action, params }, (response) => {
+            if (chrome.runtime.lastError) {
+              reject(new Error(chrome.runtime.lastError.message));
+              return;
+            }
+            if (!response || typeof response !== "object") {
+              reject(new Error("Invalid response from Yomitan backend"));
+              return;
+            }
+            if (response.error) {
+              reject(new Error(response.error.message || "Yomitan backend error"));
+              return;
+            }
+            resolve(response.result);
+          });
+        });
+${YOMITAN_SCANNING_HELPERS}
+      const text = ${JSON.stringify(text)};
+      const details = {matchType: "exact", deinflect: true};
+      const tokens = [];
+      let i = 0;
+      while (i < text.length) {
+        const codePoint = text.codePointAt(i);
+        const character = String.fromCodePoint(codePoint);
+        const substring = text.substring(i, i + ${scanLength});
+        const result = await invoke("termsFind", { text: substring, details, optionsContext: { index: ${profileIndex} } });
+        const dictionaryEntries = Array.isArray(result?.dictionaryEntries) ? result.dictionaryEntries : [];
+        const originalTextLength = typeof result?.originalTextLength === "number" ? result.originalTextLength : 0;
+        if (dictionaryEntries.length > 0 && originalTextLength > 0 && (originalTextLength !== character.length || isCodePointJapanese(codePoint))) {
+          const source = substring.substring(0, originalTextLength);
+          const preferredHeadword = getPreferredHeadword(dictionaryEntries, source);
+          if (preferredHeadword && typeof preferredHeadword.term === "string") {
+            const reading = typeof preferredHeadword.reading === "string" ? preferredHeadword.reading : "";
+            const segments = distributeFuriganaInflected(preferredHeadword.term, reading, source);
+            tokens.push({
+              surface: segments.map((segment) => segment.text).join("") || source,
+              reading: segments.map((segment) => typeof segment.reading === "string" ? segment.reading : "").join(""),
+              headword: preferredHeadword.term,
+              startPos: i,
+              endPos: i + originalTextLength,
+            });
+            i += originalTextLength;
+            continue;
+          }
+        }
+        i += character.length;
+      }
+      return tokens;
+    })();
+  `;
+}
+
 export async function requestYomitanParseResults(
   text: string,
   deps: YomitanParserRuntimeDeps,
@@ -678,6 +940,51 @@ export async function requestYomitanParseResults(
   }
 }
 
+export async function requestYomitanScanTokens(
+  text: string,
+  deps: YomitanParserRuntimeDeps,
+  logger: LoggerLike,
+): Promise<YomitanScanToken[] | null> {
+  const yomitanExt = deps.getYomitanExt();
+  if (!text || !yomitanExt) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const isReady = await ensureYomitanParserWindow(deps, logger);
+  const parserWindow = deps.getYomitanParserWindow();
+  if (!isReady || !parserWindow || parserWindow.isDestroyed()) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const metadata = await requestYomitanProfileMetadata(parserWindow, logger);
+  const profileIndex = metadata?.profileIndex ?? 0;
+  const scanLength = metadata?.scanLength ?? DEFAULT_YOMITAN_SCAN_LENGTH;
+
+  try {
+    const rawResult = await parserWindow.webContents.executeJavaScript(
+      buildYomitanScanningScript(text, profileIndex, scanLength),
+      true,
+    );
+    if (isScanTokenArray(rawResult)) {
+      return rawResult;
+    }
+    if (Array.isArray(rawResult)) {
+      const selectedTokens = selectYomitanParseTokens(rawResult, () => false, 'headword');
+      return selectedTokens?.map((token) => ({
+        surface: token.surface,
+        reading: token.reading,
+        headword: token.headword,
+        startPos: token.startPos,
+        endPos: token.endPos,
+      })) ?? null;
+    }
+    return null;
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger.error('Yomitan scanner request failed:', (err as Error).message);
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
 async function fetchYomitanTermFrequencies(
   parserWindow: BrowserWindow,
   termReadingList: YomitanTermReadingPair[],

src/main/character-dictionary-runtime.test.ts

@@ -196,6 +196,115 @@ test('generateForCurrentMedia emits structured-content glossary so image stays w
   }
 });
 
+test('generateForCurrentMedia adds kana aliases for romanized names when native name is kanji', async () => {
+  const userDataPath = makeTempDir();
+  const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+
+  globalThis.fetch = (async (input: string | URL | Request, init?: RequestInit) => {
+    const url = typeof input === 'string' ? input : input instanceof URL ? input.href : input.url;
+    if (url === GRAPHQL_URL) {
+      const body = JSON.parse(String(init?.body ?? '{}')) as {
+        query?: string;
+      };
+
+      if (body.query?.includes('Page(perPage: 10)')) {
+        return new Response(
+          JSON.stringify({
+            data: {
+              Page: {
+                media: [
+                  {
+                    id: 20594,
+                    episodes: 10,
+                    title: {
+                      romaji: 'Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!',
+                      english: 'KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world!',
+                      native: 'この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！',
+                    },
+                  },
+                ],
+              },
+            },
+          }),
+          {
+            status: 200,
+            headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+          },
+        );
+      }
+
+      if (body.query?.includes('characters(page: $page')) {
+        return new Response(
+          JSON.stringify({
+            data: {
+              Media: {
+                title: {
+                  romaji: 'Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!',
+                  english: 'KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world!',
+                  native: 'この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！',
+                },
+                characters: {
+                  pageInfo: { hasNextPage: false },
+                  edges: [
+                    {
+                      role: 'MAIN',
+                      node: {
+                        id: 1,
+                        description: 'The protagonist.',
+                        image: null,
+                        name: {
+                          full: 'Satou Kazuma',
+                          native: '佐藤和真',
+                        },
+                      },
+                    },
+                  ],
+                },
+              },
+            },
+          }),
+          {
+            status: 200,
+            headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+          },
+        );
+      }
+    }
+
+    throw new Error(`Unexpected fetch URL: ${url}`);
+  }) as typeof globalThis.fetch;
+
+  try {
+    const runtime = createCharacterDictionaryRuntimeService({
+      userDataPath,
+      getCurrentMediaPath: () => '/tmp/konosuba-s02e05.mkv',
+      getCurrentMediaTitle: () => 'Konosuba S02E05',
+      resolveMediaPathForJimaku: (mediaPath) => mediaPath,
+      guessAnilistMediaInfo: async () => ({
+        title: 'Konosuba',
+        episode: 5,
+        source: 'fallback',
+      }),
+      now: () => 1_700_000_000_000,
+    });
+
+    const result = await runtime.generateForCurrentMedia();
+    const termBank = JSON.parse(readStoredZipEntry(result.zipPath, 'term_bank_1.json').toString('utf8')) as Array<
+      [string, string, string, string, number, Array<string | Record<string, unknown>>, number, string]
+    >;
+
+    const kazuma = termBank.find(([term]) => term === 'カズマ');
+    assert.ok(kazuma, 'expected katakana alias for romanized name');
+    assert.equal(kazuma[1], 'かずま');
+
+    const fullName = termBank.find(([term]) => term === 'サトウカズマ');
+    assert.ok(fullName, 'expected compact full-name katakana alias for romanized name');
+    assert.equal(fullName[1], 'さとうかずま');
+  } finally {
+    globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
+  }
+});
+
 test('getOrCreateCurrentSnapshot persists and reuses normalized snapshot data', async () => {
   const userDataPath = makeTempDir();
   const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;
@@ -336,6 +445,139 @@ test('getOrCreateCurrentSnapshot persists and reuses normalized snapshot data',
   }
 });
 
+test('getOrCreateCurrentSnapshot rebuilds snapshots written with an older format version', async () => {
+  const userDataPath = makeTempDir();
+  const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+  let searchQueryCount = 0;
+  let characterQueryCount = 0;
+
+  globalThis.fetch = (async (input: string | URL | Request, init?: RequestInit) => {
+    const url = typeof input === 'string' ? input : input instanceof URL ? input.href : input.url;
+    if (url === GRAPHQL_URL) {
+      const body = JSON.parse(String(init?.body ?? '{}')) as {
+        query?: string;
+      };
+
+      if (body.query?.includes('Page(perPage: 10)')) {
+        searchQueryCount += 1;
+        return new Response(
+          JSON.stringify({
+            data: {
+              Page: {
+                media: [
+                  {
+                    id: 130298,
+                    episodes: 20,
+                    title: {
+                      romaji: 'Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!',
+                      english: 'The Eminence in Shadow',
+                      native: '陰の実力者になりたくて！',
+                    },
+                  },
+                ],
+              },
+            },
+          }),
+          {
+            status: 200,
+            headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+          },
+        );
+      }
+
+      if (body.query?.includes('characters(page: $page')) {
+        characterQueryCount += 1;
+        return new Response(
+          JSON.stringify({
+            data: {
+              Media: {
+                title: {
+                  romaji: 'Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!',
+                  english: 'The Eminence in Shadow',
+                  native: '陰の実力者になりたくて！',
+                },
+                characters: {
+                  pageInfo: { hasNextPage: false },
+                  edges: [
+                    {
+                      role: 'MAIN',
+                      node: {
+                        id: 321,
+                        description: 'Alpha is the second-in-command of Shadow Garden.',
+                        image: null,
+                        name: {
+                          full: 'Alpha',
+                          native: 'アルファ',
+                        },
+                      },
+                    },
+                  ],
+                },
+              },
+            },
+          }),
+          {
+            status: 200,
+            headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+          },
+        );
+      }
+    }
+
+    throw new Error(`Unexpected fetch URL: ${url}`);
+  }) as typeof globalThis.fetch;
+
+  try {
+    const snapshotsDir = path.join(userDataPath, 'character-dictionaries', 'snapshots');
+    fs.mkdirSync(snapshotsDir, { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(snapshotsDir, 'anilist-130298.json'),
+      JSON.stringify({
+        formatVersion: 9,
+        mediaId: 130298,
+        mediaTitle: 'The Eminence in Shadow',
+        entryCount: 1,
+        updatedAt: 1_700_000_000_000,
+        termEntries: [['stale', '', 'name side', '', 1, ['stale'], 0, '']],
+        images: [],
+      }),
+      'utf8',
+    );
+
+    const runtime = createCharacterDictionaryRuntimeService({
+      userDataPath,
+      getCurrentMediaPath: () => '/tmp/eminence-s01e05.mkv',
+      getCurrentMediaTitle: () => 'The Eminence in Shadow - S01E05',
+      resolveMediaPathForJimaku: (mediaPath) => mediaPath,
+      guessAnilistMediaInfo: async () => ({
+        title: 'The Eminence in Shadow',
+        episode: 5,
+        source: 'fallback',
+      }),
+      now: () => 1_700_000_000_100,
+    });
+
+    const result = await runtime.getOrCreateCurrentSnapshot();
+
+    assert.equal(result.fromCache, false);
+    assert.equal(searchQueryCount, 1);
+    assert.equal(characterQueryCount, 1);
+
+    const snapshotPath = path.join(snapshotsDir, 'anilist-130298.json');
+    const snapshot = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(snapshotPath, 'utf8')) as {
+      formatVersion: number;
+      termEntries: Array<
+        [string, string, string, string, number, Array<string | Record<string, unknown>>, number, string]
+      >;
+    };
+    assert.equal(snapshot.formatVersion > 9, true);
+    assert.equal(snapshot.termEntries.some(([term]) => term === 'アルファ'), true);
+    assert.equal(snapshot.termEntries.some(([term]) => term === 'stale'), false);
+  } finally {
+    globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
+  }
+});
+
 test('buildMergedDictionary combines stored snapshots into one stable dictionary', async () => {
   const userDataPath = makeTempDir();
   const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;

src/main/character-dictionary-runtime.ts

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export type CharacterDictionarySnapshot = {
   images: CharacterDictionarySnapshotImage[];
 };
 
-const CHARACTER_DICTIONARY_FORMAT_VERSION = 9;
+const CHARACTER_DICTIONARY_FORMAT_VERSION = 10;
 const CHARACTER_DICTIONARY_MERGED_TITLE = 'SubMiner Character Dictionary';
 
 type AniListSearchResponse = {
@@ -238,6 +238,246 @@ function buildReading(term: string): string {
   return katakanaToHiragana(compact);
 }
 
+function isRomanizedName(value: string): boolean {
+  return /^[A-Za-zĀĪŪĒŌÂÊÎÔÛāīūēōâêîôû'’.\-\s]+$/.test(value);
+}
+
+function normalizeRomanizedName(value: string): string {
+  return value
+    .normalize('NFKC')
+    .toLowerCase()
+    .replace(/[’']/g, '')
+    .replace(/[.\-]/g, ' ')
+    .replace(/ā|â/g, 'aa')
+    .replace(/ī|î/g, 'ii')
+    .replace(/ū|û/g, 'uu')
+    .replace(/ē|ê/g, 'ei')
+    .replace(/ō|ô/g, 'ou')
+    .replace(/\s+/g, ' ')
+    .trim();
+}
+
+const ROMANIZED_KANA_DIGRAPHS: ReadonlyArray<[string, string]> = [
+  ['kya', 'キャ'],
+  ['kyu', 'キュ'],
+  ['kyo', 'キョ'],
+  ['gya', 'ギャ'],
+  ['gyu', 'ギュ'],
+  ['gyo', 'ギョ'],
+  ['sha', 'シャ'],
+  ['shu', 'シュ'],
+  ['sho', 'ショ'],
+  ['sya', 'シャ'],
+  ['syu', 'シュ'],
+  ['syo', 'ショ'],
+  ['ja', 'ジャ'],
+  ['ju', 'ジュ'],
+  ['jo', 'ジョ'],
+  ['jya', 'ジャ'],
+  ['jyu', 'ジュ'],
+  ['jyo', 'ジョ'],
+  ['cha', 'チャ'],
+  ['chu', 'チュ'],
+  ['cho', 'チョ'],
+  ['tya', 'チャ'],
+  ['tyu', 'チュ'],
+  ['tyo', 'チョ'],
+  ['cya', 'チャ'],
+  ['cyu', 'チュ'],
+  ['cyo', 'チョ'],
+  ['nya', 'ニャ'],
+  ['nyu', 'ニュ'],
+  ['nyo', 'ニョ'],
+  ['hya', 'ヒャ'],
+  ['hyu', 'ヒュ'],
+  ['hyo', 'ヒョ'],
+  ['bya', 'ビャ'],
+  ['byu', 'ビュ'],
+  ['byo', 'ビョ'],
+  ['pya', 'ピャ'],
+  ['pyu', 'ピュ'],
+  ['pyo', 'ピョ'],
+  ['mya', 'ミャ'],
+  ['myu', 'ミュ'],
+  ['myo', 'ミョ'],
+  ['rya', 'リャ'],
+  ['ryu', 'リュ'],
+  ['ryo', 'リョ'],
+  ['fa', 'ファ'],
+  ['fi', 'フィ'],
+  ['fe', 'フェ'],
+  ['fo', 'フォ'],
+  ['fyu', 'フュ'],
+  ['fyo', 'フョ'],
+  ['fya', 'フャ'],
+  ['va', 'ヴァ'],
+  ['vi', 'ヴィ'],
+  ['vu', 'ヴ'],
+  ['ve', 'ヴェ'],
+  ['vo', 'ヴォ'],
+  ['she', 'シェ'],
+  ['che', 'チェ'],
+  ['je', 'ジェ'],
+  ['tsi', 'ツィ'],
+  ['tse', 'ツェ'],
+  ['tsa', 'ツァ'],
+  ['tso', 'ツォ'],
+  ['thi', 'ティ'],
+  ['thu', 'テュ'],
+  ['dhi', 'ディ'],
+  ['dhu', 'デュ'],
+  ['wi', 'ウィ'],
+  ['we', 'ウェ'],
+  ['wo', 'ウォ'],
+];
+
+const ROMANIZED_KANA_MONOGRAPHS: ReadonlyArray<[string, string]> = [
+  ['a', 'ア'],
+  ['i', 'イ'],
+  ['u', 'ウ'],
+  ['e', 'エ'],
+  ['o', 'オ'],
+  ['ka', 'カ'],
+  ['ki', 'キ'],
+  ['ku', 'ク'],
+  ['ke', 'ケ'],
+  ['ko', 'コ'],
+  ['ga', 'ガ'],
+  ['gi', 'ギ'],
+  ['gu', 'グ'],
+  ['ge', 'ゲ'],
+  ['go', 'ゴ'],
+  ['sa', 'サ'],
+  ['shi', 'シ'],
+  ['si', 'シ'],
+  ['su', 'ス'],
+  ['se', 'セ'],
+  ['so', 'ソ'],
+  ['za', 'ザ'],
+  ['ji', 'ジ'],
+  ['zi', 'ジ'],
+  ['zu', 'ズ'],
+  ['ze', 'ゼ'],
+  ['zo', 'ゾ'],
+  ['ta', 'タ'],
+  ['chi', 'チ'],
+  ['ti', 'チ'],
+  ['tsu', 'ツ'],
+  ['tu', 'ツ'],
+  ['te', 'テ'],
+  ['to', 'ト'],
+  ['da', 'ダ'],
+  ['de', 'デ'],
+  ['do', 'ド'],
+  ['na', 'ナ'],
+  ['ni', 'ニ'],
+  ['nu', 'ヌ'],
+  ['ne', 'ネ'],
+  ['no', 'ノ'],
+  ['ha', 'ハ'],
+  ['hi', 'ヒ'],
+  ['fu', 'フ'],
+  ['hu', 'フ'],
+  ['he', 'ヘ'],
+  ['ho', 'ホ'],
+  ['ba', 'バ'],
+  ['bi', 'ビ'],
+  ['bu', 'ブ'],
+  ['be', 'ベ'],
+  ['bo', 'ボ'],
+  ['pa', 'パ'],
+  ['pi', 'ピ'],
+  ['pu', 'プ'],
+  ['pe', 'ペ'],
+  ['po', 'ポ'],
+  ['ma', 'マ'],
+  ['mi', 'ミ'],
+  ['mu', 'ム'],
+  ['me', 'メ'],
+  ['mo', 'モ'],
+  ['ya', 'ヤ'],
+  ['yu', 'ユ'],
+  ['yo', 'ヨ'],
+  ['ra', 'ラ'],
+  ['ri', 'リ'],
+  ['ru', 'ル'],
+  ['re', 'レ'],
+  ['ro', 'ロ'],
+  ['wa', 'ワ'],
+  ['wo', 'ヲ'],
+  ['n', 'ン'],
+];
+
+function romanizedTokenToKatakana(token: string): string | null {
+  const normalized = normalizeRomanizedName(token).replace(/\s+/g, '');
+  if (!normalized || !/^[a-z]+$/.test(normalized)) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  let output = '';
+  for (let i = 0; i < normalized.length; ) {
+    const current = normalized[i]!;
+    const next = normalized[i + 1] ?? '';
+
+    if (
+      i + 1 < normalized.length &&
+      current === next &&
+      current !== 'n' &&
+      !'aeiou'.includes(current)
+    ) {
+      output += 'ッ';
+      i += 1;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (
+      current === 'n' &&
+      next.length > 0 &&
+      next !== 'y' &&
+      !'aeiou'.includes(next)
+    ) {
+      output += 'ン';
+      i += 1;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    const digraph = ROMANIZED_KANA_DIGRAPHS.find(([romaji]) =>
+      normalized.startsWith(romaji, i),
+    );
+    if (digraph) {
+      output += digraph[1];
+      i += digraph[0].length;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    const monograph = ROMANIZED_KANA_MONOGRAPHS.find(([romaji]) =>
+      normalized.startsWith(romaji, i),
+    );
+    if (monograph) {
+      output += monograph[1];
+      i += monograph[0].length;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return output.length > 0 ? output : null;
+}
+
+function addRomanizedKanaAliases(values: Iterable<string>): string[] {
+  const aliases = new Set<string>();
+  for (const value of values) {
+    const trimmed = value.trim();
+    if (!trimmed || !isRomanizedName(trimmed)) continue;
+    const katakana = romanizedTokenToKatakana(trimmed);
+    if (katakana) {
+      aliases.add(katakana);
+    }
+  }
+  return [...aliases];
+}
+
 function buildNameTerms(character: CharacterRecord): string[] {
   const base = new Set<string>();
   const rawNames = [character.nativeName, character.fullName];
@@ -281,6 +521,13 @@ function buildNameTerms(character: CharacterRecord): string[] {
     }
   }
 
+  for (const alias of addRomanizedKanaAliases(withHonorifics)) {
+    withHonorifics.add(alias);
+    for (const suffix of HONORIFIC_SUFFIXES) {
+      withHonorifics.add(`${alias}${suffix}`);
+    }
+  }
+
   return [...withHonorifics].filter((entry) => entry.trim().length > 0);
 }