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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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Butsushō

仏性ぶつしょう · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Furushō

古性ふるしょう · 4 morae

8 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Hatsuse

八性はつせ · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Hōshō

宝性ほうしょう · 4 morae

10 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Jishō

慈性じしょう · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kishō

木性きしょう · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Koshō

古性こしょう · 3 morae

8 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Mashō

魔性ましょう · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Nagase

那俄性ながせ · 3 morae

8 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Saijō

西性さいじょう · 4 morae

23 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Seida

性田せいだ · 3 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Seitō

性藤せいとう · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shinshō

新性しんしょう · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shō

性しょう · 2 morae

33 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shōzen

性全しょうぜん · 4 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.