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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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22 results shownAlphabetical by indexed reading.
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Hōken

宝剣ほうけん · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenbishi

剣菱けんびし · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenchi

剣地けんち · 3 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenda

剣田けんだ · 3 morae

13 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kendō

剣道けんどう · 4 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kengaku

剣岳けんがく · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenjō

剣城けんじょう · 4 morae

22 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenjū

剣重けんじゅう · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenkō

剣晃けんこう · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenmochi

剣持けんもち · 4 morae

14 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenmoto

剣本けんもと · 4 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenmotsu

剣持けんもつ · 4 morae

16 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenmura

剣村けんむら · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kensaki

剣先けんさき · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kentani

剣谷けんたに · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenyoshi

剣吉けんよし · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenzaki

剣けんざき · 4 morae

14 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenzan

剣山けんざん · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Meiken

銘剣めいけん · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tsurugi

剣つるぎ · 3 morae

9 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tsurugizan

剣山つるぎざん · 5 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Yatsurugi

八剣やつるぎ · 4 morae

5 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.