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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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14 results shownAlphabetical by indexed reading.
Given name · includes female-classified records

Ben

勉べん · 2 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Benji

勉治べんじ · 3 morae

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Benjirō

勉次郎べんじろう · 5 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Benzō

勉三べんぞう · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Katsue

勉恵かつえ · 3 morae

45 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Katsumi

勉美かつみ · 3 morae

72 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Masaru

勉まさる · 3 morae

49 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Masuo

勉郎ますお · 3 morae

56 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Susumu

勉すすむ · 3 morae

64 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Tsutomu

勉つとむ · 3 morae

57 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yasuko

勉子やすこ · 3 morae

96 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Yasuo

勉男やすお · 3 morae

109 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yasuyo

勉代やすよ · 3 morae

53 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Yoshikatsu

良勉よしかつ · 4 morae

29 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.