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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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Hasebe

長谷部はせべ · 3 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Hayabe

長谷部はやべ · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Heya

部谷へや · 2 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Heyamoto

部谷元へやもと · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Hidani

部谷ひだに · 3 morae

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Hitani

部谷ひたに · 3 morae

9 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kabeya

可部谷かべや · 3 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Ōyabe

大谷部おおやべ · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Osabe

長谷部おさべ · 3 morae

10 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Oyabe

小谷部おやべ · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shibuya

志部谷しぶや · 3 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tabeya

田部谷たべや · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tanibe

谷部たにべ · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Toriya

部谷とりや · 3 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Yabe

谷部やべ · 2 morae

14 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Yatabe

谷田部やたべ · 3 morae

7 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.