佐藤さとう
Sato
helper + wisteria
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鈴木すずき
Suzuki
bell + tree
高橋たかはし
Takahashi
tall bridge
田中たなか
Tanaka
middle of the rice field
伊藤いとう
Ito
Ise + wisteria
渡辺わたなべ
Watanabe
crossing + boundary
山本やまもと
Yamamoto
base of the mountain
中村なかむら
Nakamura
middle village
小林こばやし
Kobayashi
small forest
加藤かとう
Kato
add + wisteria
吉田よしだ
Yoshida
lucky rice field
山田やまだ
Yamada
mountain rice field
佐々木ささき
Sasaki
helper + tree
山口やまぐち
Yamaguchi
mountain entrance
松本まつもと
Matsumoto
base of the pine
井上いのうえ
Inoue
above the well
木村きむら
Kimura
tree village
林はやし
Hayashi
woods; grove
斎藤さいとう
Saito
purification + wisteria
清水しみず
Shimizu
clear water
山崎やまざき
Yamazaki
mountain cape
森もり
Mori
forest
池田いけだ
Ikeda
pond rice field
橋本はしもと
Hashimoto
base of the bridge
阿部あべ
Abe
historic clan name
石川いしかわ
Ishikawa
stone river
山下やました
Yamashita
below the mountain
中島なかじま
Nakajima
middle island
石井いしい
Ishii
stone well
小川おがわ
Ogawa
small river
前田まえだ
Maeda
front rice field
岡田おかだ
Okada
hill rice field
長谷川はせがわ
Hasegawa
long valley river
藤田ふじた
Fujita
wisteria field
後藤ごとう
Goto
behind + wisteria
近藤こんどう
Kondo
near + wisteria
村上むらかみ
Murakami
above the village
遠藤えんどう
Endo
distant + wisteria
青木あおき
Aoki
green tree
坂本さかもと
Sakamoto
base of the slope
斉藤さいとう
Saito
uniform + wisteria
福田ふくだ
Fukuda
fortunate rice field
太田おおた
Ota
large rice field
西村にしむら
Nishimura
west village
藤井ふじい
Fujii
wisteria well
金子かねこ
Kaneko
golden child
岡本おかもと
Okamoto
base of the hill
藤原ふじわら
Fujiwara
wisteria plain
三浦みうら
Miura
three bays
中川なかがわ
Nakagawa
middle river
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