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title: kuromoji_iteration_mark character filter
description: The kuromoji_iteration_mark normalizes Japanese horizontal iteration marks (odoriji) to their expanded form. It accepts the following settings: 
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/130564/reference/elasticsearch-plugins/analysis-kuromoji-charfilter
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# kuromoji_iteration_mark character filter
The `kuromoji_iteration_mark` normalizes Japanese horizontal iteration marks (*odoriji*) to their expanded form. It accepts the following settings:
<definitions>
  <definition term="normalize_kanji">
    Indicates whether kanji iteration marks should be normalized. Defaults to `true`.
  </definition>
  <definition term="normalize_kana">
    Indicates whether kana iteration marks should be normalized. Defaults to `true`
  </definition>
</definitions>