Hepburn
A simple, lightweight PaperMC plugin that automatically converts Romanji (Latin alphabet) chat input into Japanese characters and appends it to your message.
Features
- Automatic Conversion: Converts Romanji input and appends the Japanese text to the original message.
- Example:
arigatou->arigatou (ありがとう)
- Example:
- Player Toggle: Each player can choose to turn the conversion on or off for their own messages.
- Zero Config: No complicated settings. It works immediately upon installation.
- Plug & Play: Simply drop the jar file into your
pluginsfolder and you're ready to go.
Commands
/hepburn <true|false>- Switch the Japanese conversion on or off for yourself. (permission:hepburn.command,default: true)
Installation
- Download the latest
.jarfile. - Place the file into your server's
pluginsdirectory. - Restart your server.
Requirements
- A server running PaperMC or their forks.
- Java 21 or higher (depending on your Paper version).
Contributing
Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests if you have suggestions for improvements or find any bugs!
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License.
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21, 1.21.1, 1.21.2
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as Hepburn-0.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 1.8 MB
- Download link checked 14 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.