---
title: kuromoji_part_of_speech token filter
description: The kuromoji_part_of_speech token filter removes tokens that match a set of part-of-speech tags. It accepts the following setting: For example: Which...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/elasticsearch/plugins/analysis-kuromoji-speech
products:
  - Elasticsearch
---

# kuromoji_part_of_speech token filter
The `kuromoji_part_of_speech` token filter removes tokens that match a set of part-of-speech tags. It accepts the following setting:
<definitions>
  <definition term="stoptags">
    An array of part-of-speech tags that should be removed. It defaults to the `stoptags.txt` file embedded in the `lucene-analyzer-kuromoji.jar`.
  </definition>
</definitions>

For example:
```json

{
  "settings": {
    "index": {
      "analysis": {
        "analyzer": {
          "my_analyzer": {
            "tokenizer": "kuromoji_tokenizer",
            "filter": [
              "my_posfilter"
            ]
          }
        },
        "filter": {
          "my_posfilter": {
            "type": "kuromoji_part_of_speech",
            "stoptags": [
              "助詞-格助詞-一般",
              "助詞-終助詞"
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}


{
  "analyzer": "my_analyzer",
  "text": "寿司がおいしいね"
}
```

Which responds with:
```json
{
  "tokens" : [ {
    "token" : "寿司",
    "start_offset" : 0,
    "end_offset" : 2,
    "type" : "word",
    "position" : 0
  }, {
    "token" : "おいしい",
    "start_offset" : 3,
    "end_offset" : 7,
    "type" : "word",
    "position" : 2
  } ]
}
```