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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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14 results shownAlphabetical by indexed reading.
Given name · gender-unspecified records

Bunyū

文熊ぶんゆう · 4 morae

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Kumaichi

熊一くまいち · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Kumaji

熊司くまじ · 3 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Kumajirō

熊次郎くまじろう · 5 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Kumako

熊子くまこ · 3 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Kumao

熊生くまお · 3 morae

13 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Kumazō

熊三くまぞう · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Sakuma

佐熊さくま · 3 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Sōyū

壮熊そうゆう · 4 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yuki

熊木ゆき · 2 morae

263 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Yukio

熊喜男ゆきお · 3 morae

130 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yūshi

熊子ゆうし · 3 morae

33 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Yūtarō

熊太郎ゆうたろう · 5 morae

23 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Yūzan

熊山ゆうざん · 4 morae

4 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.