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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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31 results shownAlphabetical by indexed reading.
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Arikawa

有側ありかわ · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Fuchikawa

渕側ふちかわ · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Fujigawa

藤側ふじがわ · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Fujikawa

藤側ふじかわ · 4 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Hamagawa

浜側はまがわ · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Higashigawa

東側ひがしがわ · 5 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Ichikawa

市側いちかわ · 4 morae

8 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Idogawa

井戸側いどがわ · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Ikawa

井側いかわ · 3 morae

13 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kadogawa

門側かどがわ · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Katagawa

片側かたがわ · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kitagawa

北側きたがわ · 4 morae

8 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Machikawa

町側まちかわ · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Maegawa

前側まえがわ · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Maekawa

前側まえかわ · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Miyagawa

宮側みやがわ · 4 morae

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Morikawa

森側もりかわ · 4 morae

9 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Murakawa

村側むらかわ · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Nakagawa

中側なかがわ · 4 morae

10 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Nishira

西側にしら · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Ogawa

小側おがわ · 3 morae

15 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Okawa

苧側おかわ · 3 morae

11 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shirakawa

白側しらかわ · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Soba

側そば · 2 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Sobajima

側島そばじま · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Sobashima

側島そばしま · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Sobata

側田そばた · 3 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tagawa

田側たがわ · 3 morae

11 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tanigawa

谷側たにがわ · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tera

寺側てら · 2 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Togawa

外側とがわ · 3 morae

22 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.