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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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Arakawa

荒皮あらかわ · 4 morae

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Hikawa

桧皮ひかわ · 3 morae

19 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Hinokawa

桧野皮ひのかわ · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Hiwada

桧皮ひわだ · 3 morae

10 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kawada

皮田かわだ · 3 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kawai

皮居かわい · 3 morae

16 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kawashima

皮島かわしま · 4 morae

15 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kawashita

皮下かわした · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kawata

皮田かわた · 3 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kigawa

木皮きがわ · 3 morae

8 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kikawa

木皮きかわ · 3 morae

11 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Norikawa

則皮のりかわ · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Ōkawa

大皮おおかわ · 4 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tagawa

多皮たがわ · 3 morae

11 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tegawa

手皮てがわ · 3 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.