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 ### User Dictionary
 
-Kuromoji tokenizer use MecCab-IPADIC dictionary by default.
+Kuromoji tokenizer use MeCab-IPADIC dictionary by default.
 And Kuromoji is added an entry of dictionary to define by user; this is User Dictionary.
 User Dictionary entries are defined using the following CSV format: