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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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Amaya

雨夜あまや · 3 morae

9 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Azumaya

東夜あずまや · 4 morae

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Higurashi

日夜ひぐらし · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kaiya

囲夜かいや · 3 morae

12 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kaya

香夜かや · 2 morae

24 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Machiya

待夜まちや · 3 morae

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Meguriya

回夜めぐりや · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Nakaya

中夜なかや · 3 morae

13 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Sanya

三夜さんや · 3 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Sayo

小夜さよ · 2 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Seiya

聖夜せいや · 3 morae

9 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Yabe

夜部やべ · 2 morae

14 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Yadome

夜久やどめ · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Yahisa

夜久やひさ · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Yakō

夜光やこう · 3 morae

11 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Yaku

夜久やく · 2 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Yasa

夜差やさ · 2 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Yasu

夜須やす · 2 morae

12 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Yomiya

夜宮よみや · 3 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Yono

夜野よの · 2 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Yosa

夜差よさ · 2 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Yoyama

夜山よやま · 3 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.