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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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13 results shownAlphabetical by indexed reading.
Given name · mixed classified records

Akira

鮮あきら · 3 morae

219 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Arata

鮮あらた · 3 morae

14 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Asako

鮮沙子あさこ · 3 morae

96 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Jōsen

誠鮮じょうせん · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Kisen

貴鮮きせん · 3 morae

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Sekiko

星鮮子せきこ · 3 morae

24 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Sen

鮮せん · 2 morae

24 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Senichi

鮮一せんいち · 4 morae

13 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Senichirō

鮮一郎せんいちろう · 6 morae

26 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Senji

鮮二せんじ · 3 morae

28 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Senki

鮮姫せんき · 3 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Senko

鮮子せんこ · 3 morae

20 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Senzaburō

鮮三郎せんざぶろう · 6 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.