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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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16 results shownAlphabetical by indexed reading.
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Hahakabe

母壁ははかべ · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Hobo

保母ほぼ · 2 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Horota

母良田ほろた · 3 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Ikesaka

神母坂いけさか · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kibo

木母きぼ · 2 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kokubo

国母こくぼ · 3 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Mori

母利もり · 2 morae

17 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Motai

母袋もたい · 3 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Moya

母屋もや · 2 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Nomo

野母のも · 2 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Otomo

乙母おとも · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shimotani

志母谷しもたに · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shimozawa

子母沢しもざわ · 4 morae

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tamogami

田母上たもがみ · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Uba

乳母うば · 2 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Ubagai

祖母井うばがい · 4 morae

3 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.