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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.
Given name · includes male-classified records

Gentarō

拳太郎げんたろう · 5 morae

23 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Ken

拳けん · 2 morae

22 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Kendō

拳堂けんどう · 4 morae

11 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Kenichi

拳一けんいち · 4 morae

42 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenichirō

拳一郎けんいちろう · 6 morae

71 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Kenji

拳次けんじ · 3 morae

145 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Kennosuke

拳之介けんのすけ · 5 morae

85 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Kenshi

拳之けんし · 3 morae

33 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenshin

拳信けんしん · 4 morae

17 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenshirō

拳四郎けんしろう · 5 morae

24 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenta

拳太けんた · 3 morae

16 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kentarō

拳太郎けんたろう · 5 morae

52 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Shōken

正拳しょうけん · 4 morae

23 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Tsutomu

拳つとむ · 3 morae

57 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Tsuyoshi

拳つよし · 3 morae

53 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.