... 4-12-1 Nakanarusawa Hitachi, Ibaraki, 316-8511, JAPAN shinnou@lily, dse. ibaraki, ac. jp Abstract In this paper, we propose a practical method to detect Japanese homophone errors in Japanese ... Proceedings of EACL '99 Detection of Japanese Homophone Errors by a Decision List Including a Written Word as a Default Evidence Hiroyuki Shinnou Ibaraki University Dept. of Systems ... The meaning of '~,' is a general will, and the meaning of '~:~'.~.,, is a strong positive will. '~.~.' and '~' have a same phone 'cho-kkan'....