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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.
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Kawada

川多かわだ · 3 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kawakita

川喜多かわきた · 4 morae

8 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kawata

川多かわた · 3 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kitagawa

喜多川きたがわ · 4 morae

8 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kitakawa

喜多川きたかわ · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tachikawa

多知川たちかわ · 4 morae

11 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tadakawa

多々川ただかわ · 4 morae

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tagawa

多川たがわ · 3 morae

11 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Takawa

多川たかわ · 3 morae

9 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Takigawa

多喜川たきがわ · 4 morae

8 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Takikawa

多喜川たきかわ · 4 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tamagawa

多摩川たまがわ · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Udagawa

宇多川うだがわ · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Utagawa

宇多川うたがわ · 4 morae

7 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.