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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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11 results shownAlphabetical by indexed reading.
Given name · includes female-classified records

Hiyori

一由ひより · 3 morae

62 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Kazuyoshi

一由かずよし · 4 morae

92 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Yoshīchi

由一よしいち · 4 morae

14 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Yoshīchirō

由一郎よしいちろう · 6 morae

13 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Yoshikazu

由一よしかず · 4 morae

110 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Yuichi

由一ゆいち · 3 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Yuichirō

由一郎ゆいちろう · 5 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yuka

由一ゆか · 2 morae

239 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Yukikazu

由紀一ゆきかず · 4 morae

10 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Yūichi

由一ゆういち · 4 morae

28 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Yūichirō

由一郎ゆういちろう · 6 morae

23 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.