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"""Build data/jlpt/: the pinned JLPT vocabulary lists and the kanji-level map, hashed.
D-09 says word levels come from ONE published open JLPT list, pinned by version, committed
as a data file, licence recorded; D-13 adds a second, independent kanji axis with the same
rules. 02-RESEARCH.md § Q2 picked the sources and measured the counts this script refuses
to deviate from:
1. Fetch the five ``original_data/n{1..5}.csv`` files of stephenmk/yomitan-jlpt-vocab at
release tag ``2025.08.01.0`` (columns ``jmdict_seq,kana,kanji,waller_definition``), the
only candidate keyed to JMdict entry ids. They are stored byte-for-byte - the SHA-256 in
the README is the upstream file's, not a re-serialisation.
2. Fetch ``kanji.json`` from davidluzgouveia/kanji-data at ONE pinned commit and project
``{literal: "N<jlpt_new>"}`` for the 2,211 kanji that carry a level. ``jlpt_new`` is
Waller's N1-N5 scale; the ``jlpt_old`` field is KANJIDIC2's pre-2010 1-4 scale and is
printed only as corroboration (research: 4->103, 3->181, 2->739, 1->1,207).
3. Fetch both licence texts and check they are what the research recorded.
4. Compare every count with the expected table. On ANY mismatch, print the observed numbers
and exit 1 WITHOUT writing: a tag and a commit are immutable, so a mismatch means the
research count or this parser is wrong, and a human decides which.
5. Write the files and ``data/jlpt/README.md`` with SHA-256 rows that
``tests/test_data_assets.py`` re-checks in the quick loop.
Re-running is idempotent: the data is byte-identical and the README keeps its recorded
date unless a hash changed. Run from the repo root::
.venv/Scripts/python.exe scripts/build_jlpt.py
Stdlib only, on purpose, and no API call: the kanji-data commit was resolved once from the
repository's HEAD on 2026-09-06 and hard-coded below, so a re-run cannot drift.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import csv
import hashlib
import io
import json
import re
import sys
import urllib.request
from collections import Counter
from datetime import UTC, datetime
from pathlib import Path
REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
OUT_DIR = REPO_ROOT / "data" / "jlpt"
README = OUT_DIR / "README.md"
KANJI_OUT = "kanji_levels.json"
RAW = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com"
YOMITAN_REPO = "stephenmk/yomitan-jlpt-vocab"
YOMITAN_TAG = "2025.08.01.0"
KANJI_DATA_REPO = "davidluzgouveia/kanji-data"
# HEAD of the repository when resolved (2026-09-06); the commit itself is dated 2026-02-27,
# which is the "repo pushed 2026-02-27" that 02-RESEARCH.md § Q2 recorded.
KANJI_DATA_COMMIT = "00fd7079c3890f430759536f91aa5e854ec0ca4f"
LEVELS = ("n5", "n4", "n3", "n2", "n1")
CSV_URLS: dict[str, str] = {
f"{level}.csv": f"{RAW}/{YOMITAN_REPO}/{YOMITAN_TAG}/original_data/{level}.csv"
for level in LEVELS
}
KANJI_URL = f"{RAW}/{KANJI_DATA_REPO}/{KANJI_DATA_COMMIT}/kanji.json"
# name on disk -> (url, phrases of which at least one must appear)
LICENSES: dict[str, tuple[str, tuple[str, ...]]] = {
"LICENSE-yomitan-jlpt-vocab.txt": (
f"{RAW}/{YOMITAN_REPO}/{YOMITAN_TAG}/LICENSE.txt",
("Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0",),
),
"LICENSE-kanji-data.txt": (
f"{RAW}/{KANJI_DATA_REPO}/{KANJI_DATA_COMMIT}/LICENSE",
("MIT License", "Permission is hereby granted"),
),
}
# Measured on the pinned files (plan 02-01, 2026-09-06). The script refuses to write if any
# of these differ. Two numbers correct 02-RESEARCH.md § Q2, which was measured on the same
# tag: research's "7,747 unique ids" is 7,748 (every one of them resolves in jmdict-eng
# 3.6.2, so the join stays complete), and its "505 ids on more than one level" is the count
# of ids that appear in more than one ROW - 447 are on more than one level and 71 are listed
# twice within one level (行く under いく and ゆく in n5, for example).
EXPECTED_ROWS = {"n5": 684, "n4": 640, "n3": 1730, "n2": 1812, "n1": 3427}
EXPECTED_EMPTY_IDS = 14
EXPECTED_EMPTY_ID_LEVELS = {"n1"}
EXPECTED_UNIQUE_IDS = 7748
EXPECTED_MULTI_ROW_IDS = 505
EXPECTED_MULTI_LEVEL_IDS = 447
EXPECTED_WITHIN_LEVEL_DUP_IDS = 71
EXPECTED_KANJI = {"N5": 79, "N4": 166, "N3": 367, "N2": 367, "N1": 1232}
EXPECTED_KANJI_OLD = {4: 103, 3: 181, 2: 739, 1: 1207}
LICENCE_TEXT = (
"JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller's JLPT Resources (https://www.tanos.co.uk/jlpt/, CC BY) via "
"stephenmk/yomitan-jlpt-vocab (CC BY-SA 4.0); kanji levels extracted from "
"davidluzgouveia/kanji-data (MIT) which took its levels from the same Waller lists. "
"There is no official JLPT vocabulary list; these are estimates."
)
def fetch(url: str) -> bytes:
req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={"User-Agent": "japanese-learning-avatar data build"})
with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=120) as resp: # noqa: S310 - pinned https URLs
return resp.read()
def sha256(data: bytes) -> str:
return hashlib.sha256(data).hexdigest()
def parse_csv(data: bytes) -> list[list[str]]:
"""Data rows of one upstream CSV; a header row (``row[0] == "jmdict_seq"``) is skipped."""
text = data.decode("utf-8-sig")
rows = [row for row in csv.reader(io.StringIO(text, newline="")) if row]
if rows and rows[0][0] == "jmdict_seq":
rows = rows[1:]
return rows
def csv_stats(tables: dict[str, list[list[str]]]) -> dict:
"""The counts the README and the tests pin: rows per level, empty ids, unique, shared."""
rows_per_level = {level: len(rows) for level, rows in tables.items()}
empty_by_level: Counter[str] = Counter()
ids_by_level: dict[str, set[str]] = {}
for level, rows in tables.items():
ids: set[str] = set()
for row in rows:
seq = row[0].strip()
if not seq:
empty_by_level[level] += 1
continue
if not seq.isdigit():
raise SystemExit(f"{level}.csv: non-numeric jmdict_seq {seq!r} in row {row}")
ids.add(seq)
ids_by_level[level] = ids
level_count: Counter[str] = Counter() # id -> number of levels listing it
for ids in ids_by_level.values():
level_count.update(ids)
row_count: Counter[str] = Counter( # id -> number of rows carrying it, any level
row[0].strip() for rows in tables.values() for row in rows if row[0].strip()
)
return {
"rows": rows_per_level,
"total_rows": sum(rows_per_level.values()),
"empty_ids": sum(empty_by_level.values()),
"empty_id_levels": set(empty_by_level),
"unique_ids": len(level_count),
"multi_row_ids": sum(1 for n in row_count.values() if n > 1),
"multi_level_ids": sum(1 for n in level_count.values() if n > 1),
"within_level_dup_ids": sum(1 for seq, n in row_count.items() if n > level_count[seq]),
}
def check_csv_stats(stats: dict) -> None:
problems: list[str] = []
if stats["rows"] != EXPECTED_ROWS:
problems.append(f"rows per level {stats['rows']} != {EXPECTED_ROWS}")
if stats["empty_ids"] != EXPECTED_EMPTY_IDS:
problems.append(f"empty jmdict_seq rows {stats['empty_ids']} != {EXPECTED_EMPTY_IDS}")
if stats["empty_id_levels"] != EXPECTED_EMPTY_ID_LEVELS:
problems.append(
f"empty ids found in {sorted(stats['empty_id_levels'])}, "
f"expected only {sorted(EXPECTED_EMPTY_ID_LEVELS)}"
)
if stats["unique_ids"] != EXPECTED_UNIQUE_IDS:
problems.append(f"unique ids {stats['unique_ids']} != {EXPECTED_UNIQUE_IDS}")
if stats["multi_row_ids"] != EXPECTED_MULTI_ROW_IDS:
problems.append(f"ids in >1 row {stats['multi_row_ids']} != {EXPECTED_MULTI_ROW_IDS}")
if stats["multi_level_ids"] != EXPECTED_MULTI_LEVEL_IDS:
problems.append(f"ids on >1 level {stats['multi_level_ids']} != {EXPECTED_MULTI_LEVEL_IDS}")
if stats["within_level_dup_ids"] != EXPECTED_WITHIN_LEVEL_DUP_IDS:
problems.append(
f"ids duplicated within a level {stats['within_level_dup_ids']} != "
f"{EXPECTED_WITHIN_LEVEL_DUP_IDS}"
)
if problems:
raise SystemExit(
"JLPT CSV counts differ from 02-RESEARCH.md § Q2; nothing written:\n "
+ "\n ".join(problems)
)
def project_kanji(raw: bytes) -> tuple[dict[str, str], Counter[str], Counter[int]]:
"""``{literal: "N<jlpt_new>"}`` for every kanji with a level, plus both distributions."""
data = json.loads(raw.decode("utf-8"))
if not isinstance(data, dict) or not data:
raise SystemExit(f"kanji.json: expected a non-empty JSON object, got {type(data).__name__}")
first_key, first_value = next(iter(data.items()))
print(f"kanji.json: {type(data).__name__} with {len(data):,} keys; sample {first_key!r} -> ")
print(" " + json.dumps(first_value, ensure_ascii=False)[:300])
if not isinstance(first_value, dict) or "jlpt_new" not in first_value:
raise SystemExit("kanji.json: values are not objects carrying `jlpt_new`; shape changed")
levels: dict[str, str] = {}
new_dist: Counter[str] = Counter()
old_dist: Counter[int] = Counter()
for literal, info in data.items():
old = info.get("jlpt_old")
if old is not None:
old_dist[int(old)] += 1
new = info.get("jlpt_new")
if new is None:
continue
if not isinstance(new, int) or not 1 <= new <= 5:
raise SystemExit(f"kanji.json: {literal!r} has jlpt_new {new!r}, expected int 1-5")
if len(literal) != 1:
raise SystemExit(f"kanji.json: key {literal!r} is not a single character")
label = f"N{new}"
levels[literal] = label
new_dist[label] += 1
return dict(sorted(levels.items())), new_dist, old_dist
def check_kanji(new_dist: Counter[str], old_dist: Counter[int]) -> None:
if dict(new_dist) != EXPECTED_KANJI or sum(new_dist.values()) != sum(EXPECTED_KANJI.values()):
raise SystemExit(
f"kanji jlpt_new distribution {dict(new_dist)} != {EXPECTED_KANJI}; nothing written"
)
if dict(old_dist) != EXPECTED_KANJI_OLD:
# Corroboration only, but a drift here means the file is not the one research read.
raise SystemExit(
f"kanji jlpt_old distribution {dict(old_dist)} != {EXPECTED_KANJI_OLD}; nothing written"
)
def recorded_date(readme_text: str) -> str | None:
m = re.search(r"^\*\*Resolved:\*\* (\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})", readme_text, re.M)
return m.group(1) if m else None
def recorded_hashes(readme_text: str) -> set[str]:
return set(re.findall(r"`([0-9a-f]{64})`", readme_text))
def write_readme(files: list[dict], stats: dict, kanji_dist: Counter[str], date: str) -> None:
lines = [
"# data/jlpt - JLPT vocabulary levels and kanji levels, pinned",
"",
"Generated by `scripts/build_jlpt.py`. **Do not hand-edit these files**:",
"`tests/test_data_assets.py` compares every file with the SHA-256 below and pins the",
"counts, so an edit fails the quick loop until this file is regenerated.",
"",
f"**Resolved:** {date} ",
f"**Pins:** {YOMITAN_REPO} release tag `{YOMITAN_TAG}` (vocabulary); "
f"{KANJI_DATA_REPO} commit `{KANJI_DATA_COMMIT}` (kanji levels)",
"",
"Regenerate (from the repo root; re-running is idempotent - byte-identical files):",
"",
"```",
".venv/Scripts/python.exe scripts/build_jlpt.py",
"```",
"",
"## Files",
"",
"| File | Bytes | SHA256 | Source |",
"|---|---|---|---|",
]
for f in files:
lines.append(f"| `{f['name']}` | {f['bytes']:,} | `{f['sha256']}` | {f['source']} |")
lines += [
"",
"The CSVs are the upstream files byte-for-byte (columns `jmdict_seq,kana,kanji,`",
"`waller_definition`; `jmdict_seq` is the JMdict entry id, so word level is a join on",
"id, not a string match). `kanji_levels.json` is this script's projection of",
"the `jlpt_new` field of `kanji.json`: `{literal: N5..N1}` for every kanji that has a",
"level, sorted by literal. `jlpt_new` is the N1-N5 scale; the file's `jlpt_old` is",
"KANJIDIC2's pre-2010 1-4 scale and is NOT used (02-RESEARCH.md § Q2 - Kanji list).",
"",
"## Counts",
"",
"| Measure | Value |",
"|---|---|",
]
for level in LEVELS:
lines.append(f"| `{level}.csv` data rows | {stats['rows'][level]:,} |")
lines += [
f"| Total data rows | {stats['total_rows']:,} |",
f"| Rows with an empty `jmdict_seq` (all in `n1.csv`) | {stats['empty_ids']} |",
f"| Unique `jmdict_seq` ids | {stats['unique_ids']:,} |",
f"| Ids appearing in more than one row | {stats['multi_row_ids']} |",
f"| Ids appearing on more than one level | {stats['multi_level_ids']} |",
f"| Ids listed twice within one level (two readings) | {stats['within_level_dup_ids']} |",
]
for label in ("N5", "N4", "N3", "N2", "N1"):
lines.append(f"| Kanji at {label} | {kanji_dist[label]:,} |")
lines += [
f"| Kanji with a level | {sum(kanji_dist.values()):,} |",
"",
"A word on two lists takes the easiest level it appears at (research § Q2 - Join",
"strategy); a word on no list is `N1+`; a kanji not in the map is unlisted and above",
"every level (D-02, D-10).",
"",
"## Licence",
"",
LICENCE_TEXT,
"",
"- `LICENSE-yomitan-jlpt-vocab.txt` is the repository's `LICENSE.txt` at the tag (CC BY-SA",
" 4.0). Any redistributed derivative of the CSVs stays CC BY-SA.",
"- `LICENSE-kanji-data.txt` is the repository's `LICENSE` at the commit (MIT); the notice",
" is kept beside the extracted file as MIT requires.",
"- Jonathan Waller's terms (https://www.tanos.co.uk/jlpt/sharing/): use however you like,",
" credit the site. `LICENSES.md` at the repo root is the project-wide record and the",
" page's credits line carries the attribution (plan 02-11).",
"",
]
README.write_text("\n".join(lines), encoding="utf-8", newline="\n")
def main() -> int:
previous = README.read_text(encoding="utf-8") if README.exists() else ""
# Fetch everything first; nothing is written until every check has passed.
csv_bytes: dict[str, bytes] = {}
for name, url in CSV_URLS.items():
csv_bytes[name] = fetch(url)
print(f"{name}: {len(csv_bytes[name]):,} bytes from {url}")
tables = {name[:-4]: parse_csv(data) for name, data in csv_bytes.items()}
stats = csv_stats(tables)
print(
f"rows {stats['rows']} total {stats['total_rows']:,}; empty ids {stats['empty_ids']} "
f"(levels {sorted(stats['empty_id_levels'])}); unique ids {stats['unique_ids']:,}; "
f"in >1 row {stats['multi_row_ids']}; on >1 level {stats['multi_level_ids']}; "
f"duplicated within a level {stats['within_level_dup_ids']}"
)
check_csv_stats(stats)
kanji_raw = fetch(KANJI_URL)
print(f"kanji.json: {len(kanji_raw):,} bytes from {KANJI_URL}")
kanji_levels, new_dist, old_dist = project_kanji(kanji_raw)
print(f"jlpt_new: {dict(sorted(new_dist.items()))} = {sum(new_dist.values()):,}")
print(f"jlpt_old (KANJIDIC2 corroboration): {dict(sorted(old_dist.items(), reverse=True))}")
check_kanji(new_dist, old_dist)
licence_bytes: dict[str, bytes] = {}
for name, (url, phrases) in LICENSES.items():
data = fetch(url)
text = data.decode("utf-8")
if not any(p in text for p in phrases):
raise SystemExit(f"{url} does not contain any of {phrases}:\n{text[:200]}")
licence_bytes[name] = data
print(f"{name}: {len(data):,} bytes, licence phrase found")
OUT_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
files: list[dict] = []
for name, data in csv_bytes.items():
(OUT_DIR / name).write_bytes(data)
files.append(
{"name": name, "bytes": len(data), "sha256": sha256(data), "source": CSV_URLS[name]}
)
kanji_out = (json.dumps(kanji_levels, ensure_ascii=False, indent=0) + "\n").encode("utf-8")
(OUT_DIR / KANJI_OUT).write_bytes(kanji_out)
files.append(
{
"name": KANJI_OUT,
"bytes": len(kanji_out),
"sha256": sha256(kanji_out),
"source": f"`jlpt_new` of {KANJI_URL}",
}
)
for name, data in licence_bytes.items():
(OUT_DIR / name).write_bytes(data)
files.append(
{"name": name, "bytes": len(data), "sha256": sha256(data), "source": LICENSES[name][0]}
)
for f in files:
print(f" wrote data/jlpt/{f['name']} ({f['bytes']:,} bytes) {f['sha256']}")
hashes_now = {f["sha256"] for f in files}
date = recorded_date(previous)
if date is None or not hashes_now <= recorded_hashes(previous):
date = datetime.now(UTC).strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
write_readme(files, stats, new_dist, date)
print(f"README resolved date {date}; kanji-data commit {KANJI_DATA_COMMIT}")
return 0
if __name__ == "__main__":
sys.exit(main())