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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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First 48 matching groups shownAlphabetical by indexed reading.
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Akaiwa

紅岩あかいわ · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Chijīwa

千々岩ちじいわ · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Chijiwa

千々岩ちじわ · 3 morae

9 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Hijiri

聖岩ひじり · 3 morae

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Hiroiwa

広岩ひろいわ · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Imoto

岩本いもと · 3 morae

15 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwa

岩いわ · 2 morae

8 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwāsa

岩浅いわあさ · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwabe

岩部いわべ · 3 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwabuchi

岩淵いわぶち · 4 morae

9 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwada

岩田いわだ · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwadate

岩岳いわだて · 4 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwadō

岩藤いわどう · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwae

岩栄いわえ · 3 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwafuchi

岩淵いわふち · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwafune

岩舟いわふね · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwagami

岩守いわがみ · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwagi

岩儀いわぎ · 3 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwagō

岩郷いわごう · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwahama

岩いわはま · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwahana

岩花いわはな · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwahara

岩原いわはら · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwahata

岩端いわはた · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwahiro

岩広いわひろ · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwai

岩井いわい · 3 morae

11 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwaida

岩井田いわいだ · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwaide

岩井出いわいで · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwaigawa

岩井川いわいがわ · 5 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwakami

岩守いわかみ · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwakawa

岩河いわかわ · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwaki

岩気いわき · 3 morae

17 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwako

岩古いわこ · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwakura

岩庫いわくら · 4 morae

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwakuro

岩黒いわくろ · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwama

岩間いわま · 3 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwami

岩見いわみ · 3 morae

8 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwamigata

岩見潟いわみがた · 5 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwamiya

岩宮いわみや · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwamizu

岩水いわみず · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwamoto

岩下いわもと · 4 morae

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwamura

岩村いわむら · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwana

岩姓いわな · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwanabe

岩鍋いわなべ · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwanaga

岩永いわなが · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwanami

岩波いわなみ · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwane

岩音いわね · 3 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwano

岩乃いわの · 3 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwao

岩いわお · 3 morae

9 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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More than 48 groups match these filters. Add another constraint to narrow the research set.

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.