# Problem when search with japanese kana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-when-search-with-japanese-kana/158524>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 28, 2018, 9:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-when-search-with-japanese-kana/158524 "2018-11-28T09:30:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![sh111894](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@sh111894](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sh111894)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 9:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-when-search-with-japanese-kana/158524/1 "2018-11-28T09:30:24Z")

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I have a problem with using elastic search to search with japanese kana  
I'm using search query\_string to search with keyword "シーラー" that expected to have a result as "オートシーラー" or another results with kana before the keyword that I've search  
Please help me with this problem

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 9:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-when-search-with-japanese-kana/158524/2 "2018-12-26T09:30:35Z")

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