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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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15 results shownAlphabetical by indexed reading.
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Idetani

井手谷いでたに · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Igaya

井ケ谷いがや · 3 morae

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Īya

伊井谷いいや · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Inotani

井ノ谷いのたに · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Inoya

井谷いのや · 3 morae

10 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iseya

井瀬谷いせや · 3 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Itani

井谷いたに · 3 morae

11 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iya

井谷いや · 2 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Maitani

間井谷まいたに · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Nītani

仁井谷にいたに · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Nīya

新井谷にいや · 3 morae

9 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Sakaiya

阪井谷さかいや · 4 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tanī

谷井たにい · 3 morae

8 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Yai

谷井やい · 2 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Yatsui

谷井やつい · 3 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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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 source-record coverage only; it is not a popularity ranking in Japan.