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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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Shijima

獅子島しじま · 3 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shiki

獅騎しき · 2 morae

22 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shishi

獅子しし · 2 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shishibori

獅々掘ししぼり · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shishida

獅々田ししだ · 3 morae

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shishido

獅戸ししど · 3 morae

10 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shishidō

獅子堂ししどう · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shishihara

獅々原ししはら · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shishī

獅子井ししい · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shishikura

獅々倉ししくら · 4 morae

10 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shishime

獅子目ししめ · 3 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shishino

獅子野ししの · 3 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shishiuchi

獅々内ししうち · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shishiya

獅子谷ししや · 3 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shishizaki

獅子ししざき · 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.