Dictionary of Japanese Names for Android

11 things about Dictionary of Japanese Names

1. CJKI's Japanese Names Dictionary is a based on the CJK Dictionary Institute's comprehensive collections of millions of Japanese names and their variants -- the largest such repository in existence.

2. CJKI's Japanese Names Dictionary is a based on the CJK Dictionary Institute's comprehensive collections of millions of Japanese names and their variants -- the largest such repository in existence.

3. The subset provided here consists of the most common 500,000 Japanese surnames and given names, accompanied by their hiragana readings, and over 800,000 of the most popular romanized variants, as well as frequency of use statistics.

4. For example, Jun'ichirō, which can be written in kanji in at least 87 ways such as 純一郎, 潤一朗 and 凖市郎, and has at least 168 romanized variants such as Jun'ichiro, Junichiroo, Junichirou, Junichiroh, and Zyun'itirô.

5. 500,000 core names with over 800,000 romanized variants selected on the basis of frequency statistics.

6. The CJK Dictionary Institute is directed by Jack Halpern, editor of the New Japanese-English Character Dictionary and The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary, now standard reference works.

7. In extreme cases, one kanji name can be pronounced 36 ways, whereas one romanized name can be written in more than 100 ways.

8. * Enables finding the kanji version corresponding to any of the numerous romanized variants.

9. * Radical index with all radical variants for quick access for names of unknown pronunciation.

10. * Over 1.5 million indexed romanized names, allowing for a variety of romanized forms, including relatively rare ones.

11. Indeed, even native speakers often have difficulties in determining the correct pronunciation for a name written in kanji, or guessing the kanji for a name written in Latin characters.