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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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20 results shownAlphabetical by indexed reading.
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Amitani

真鍋あみたに · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Inabe

伊鍋いなべ · 3 morae

12 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwanabe

岩鍋いわなべ · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Katanabe

片鍋かたなべ · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kawabe

川鍋かわべ · 3 morae

12 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kawanabe

河鍋かわなべ · 4 morae

14 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Manabe

間鍋まなべ · 3 morae

14 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Minabe

三鍋みなべ · 3 morae

10 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Nabe

鍋なべ · 2 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Nabeki

鍋気なべき · 3 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Nabeshima

鍋島なべしま · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Nabeta

鍋多なべた · 3 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Nabeya

鍋屋なべや · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Nagaya

鍋谷ながや · 3 morae

12 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Takanabe

高鍋たかなべ · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tanabe

多鍋たなべ · 3 morae

26 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tokonabe

床鍋とこなべ · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Ujibe

上鍋うじべ · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Watanabe

渡鍋わたなべ · 4 morae

12 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Yanabe

家鍋やなべ · 3 morae

8 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.