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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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23 results shownAlphabetical by indexed reading.
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Hagane

釼はがね · 3 morae

8 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenbishi

釼菱けんびし · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenchi

釼地けんち · 3 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenda

釼田けんだ · 3 morae

13 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenjū

釼重けんじゅう · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenmei

釼明けんめい · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenmochi

釼持けんもち · 4 morae

14 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenmoto

釼本けんもと · 4 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenmotsu

釼持けんもつ · 4 morae

16 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kennai

釼内けんない · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kennoki

釼木けんのき · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenpō

釼法けんぽう · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kensaki

釼先けんさき · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kentani

釼谷けんたに · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenyoshi

釼吉けんよし · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenzaki

釼けんざき · 4 morae

14 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Meiken

銘釼めいけん · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Miwa

釼羽みわ · 2 morae

15 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tachiuchi

釼内たちうち · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tōji

釼持とうじ · 3 morae

12 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tsurugi

釼つるぎ · 3 morae

9 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tsurugizan

釼山つるぎざん · 5 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Yatsurugi

八釼やつるぎ · 4 morae

5 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.