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Japanese Name Explorer

Combine pronunciation, written-form and corpus classifications to find source-recorded names. Filters are a research utility: combinations stay temporary and canonical name pages remain the primary reference records.

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First 48 matching groups shownAlphabetical by indexed reading.
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Abe

21 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Abekawa

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Abematsu

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Abeno

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Abeyama

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Abiko

9 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Abiru

10 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Abo

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Abu

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Abumi

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Abumiya

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Aburaya

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Achi

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Achiha

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Ada

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Adachi

12 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Adaka

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Ado

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Adō

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Aeba

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Aga

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Agari

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Agata

14 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Agatsuma

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Agawa

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Agazuma

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Age

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Ageba

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Ageha

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Agei

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Ageishi

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Agematsu

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Ageo

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Ageshio

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Ageta

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Agi

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Agishi

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Ago

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Agō

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Agu

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Agui

11 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Agune

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Ahane

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Ahara

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Ahiru

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Ai

13 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Aiba

37 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Aibara

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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More than 48 groups match these filters. Add another constraint to narrow the research set.

What the explorer can and cannot tell you

Exact-kanji filters require the selected character(s) to occur in the same JMnedict written form. Morae are calculated from the source-recorded kana reading. Gender labels reflect dictionary classifications in the imported records. “Most corpus spelling variants” measures database depth only; it is not a popularity ranking in Japan.