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

Kanao

金郎かなお · 3 morae

8 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kanejirō

金治郎かねじろう · 5 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kaneo

金子郎かねお · 3 morae

31 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kanesaburō

金三郎かねさぶろう · 6 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kanetarō

金太郎かねたろう · 5 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kingorō

金五郎きんごろう · 5 morae

55 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kinichirō

金一郎きんいちろう · 6 morae

56 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kinjirō

金久郎きんじろう · 5 morae

77 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kinsaburō

金佐郎きんさぶろう · 6 morae

72 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kinshirō

金四郎きんしろう · 5 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kintarō

金多郎きんたろう · 5 morae

38 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kinzaburō

金三郎きんざぶろう · 6 morae

19 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.