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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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15 results shownAlphabetical by indexed reading.
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Gen

弦げん · 2 morae

10 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Genma

弦間げんま · 3 morae

8 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Genshima

弦嶋げんしま · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kuromaki

弦巻くろまき · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tsurukawa

弦川つるかわ · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tsuruki

弦木つるき · 3 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tsurukiri

弦桐つるきり · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tsuruma

弦間つるま · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tsurumaki

弦巻つるまき · 4 morae

9 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tsurumoto

弦元つるもと · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tsuruno

弦井つるの · 3 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tsuruoka

弦岡つるおか · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tsuruta

弦田つるた · 3 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tsurutani

弦谷つるたに · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tsuruya

弦屋つるや · 3 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.