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diff --git a/kanji_info_fetcher/io.py b/kanji_info_fetcher/io.py
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+from os import path
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+@dataclass
+class Entry:
+  kanji: str
+  hiragana: str
+  english: str
+  meanings: str
+
+def read_from_file(path_str: str, row_format: str) -> list:
+  p = path.join(path_str)
+  lines = []
+
+  format_segments = row_format.split(",")
+
+  with open(p, "r") as f:
+    lines = f.readlines()
+
+  entries = []
+  for line in lines:
+    if len(line.strip()) == 0:
+      continue
+
+    value_dict = {}
+
+    row_values = line.split(",", len(format_segments) - 1)
+    for i, format_segment in enumerate(format_segments):
+      value_dict[format_segment] = row_values[i]
+
+    entries.append(Entry(
+      kanji=value_dict.get("kanji", "").strip(),
+      hiragana=value_dict.get("hiragana", "").strip(),
+      english=value_dict.get("english", "").strip(),
+      meanings=value_dict.get("meanings", "").strip()
+    ))
+
+  return entries
+
+def _entry_to_row(entry: Entry, delimiter: str = "§") -> str:
+  s = delimiter.join([entry.kanji, entry.hiragana, entry.english, entry.meanings])
+  return f"{s}\n"
+
+def write_to_file(path_str: str, entries: list):
+  p = path.join(path_str)
+
+  lines = map(_entry_to_row, entries)
+
+  with open(p, "w") as f:
+    f.writelines(lines)