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

Chimaki

千巻ちまき · 3 morae

22 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Emaki

絵巻えまき · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Kenichi

巻一けんいち · 4 morae

42 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenichirō

巻一郎けんいちろう · 6 morae

71 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenji

巻次けんじ · 3 morae

145 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Kenkichi

巻吉けんきち · 4 morae

22 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Kenpei

巻平けんぺい · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Kenzan

巻山けんざん · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Kenzō

巻蔵けんぞう · 4 morae

41 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Komaki

小巻こまき · 3 morae

22 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Maki

巻まき · 2 morae

182 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Makie

巻絵まきえ · 3 morae

72 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Makiko

巻子まきこ · 3 morae

172 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Makinosuke

巻之助まきのすけ · 5 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Makio

巻男まきお · 3 morae

45 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Makitarō

巻太郎まきたろう · 5 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Mayuko

巻由子まゆこ · 3 morae

93 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Mimaki

三巻みまき · 3 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Yoshimaru

義巻よしまる · 4 morae

8 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.