diff --git a/src/main/character-dictionary-runtime/constants.ts b/src/main/character-dictionary-runtime/constants.ts
index 3180e2b6..646ff455 100644
--- a/src/main/character-dictionary-runtime/constants.ts
+++ b/src/main/character-dictionary-runtime/constants.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 export const ANILIST_GRAPHQL_URL = 'https://graphql.anilist.co';
 export const ANILIST_REQUEST_DELAY_MS = 2000;
 export const CHARACTER_IMAGE_DOWNLOAD_DELAY_MS = 250;
-export const CHARACTER_DICTIONARY_FORMAT_VERSION = 19;
+export const CHARACTER_DICTIONARY_FORMAT_VERSION = 20;
 export const CHARACTER_DICTIONARY_MERGED_TITLE = 'SubMiner Character Dictionary';
 
 export const HONORIFIC_SUFFIXES = [
diff --git a/src/main/character-dictionary-runtime/term-building.test.ts b/src/main/character-dictionary-runtime/term-building.test.ts
index 26eef728..8f7dfc71 100644
--- a/src/main/character-dictionary-runtime/term-building.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/character-dictionary-runtime/term-building.test.ts
@@ -36,3 +36,35 @@ test('buildNameTerms adds surname honorifics from Japanese localized aliases', (
   assert.ok(terms.includes('馬渕さん'));
   assert.ok(!terms.includes('송치'));
 });
+
+test('buildNameTerms drops the disambiguator letter of a mob character name', () => {
+  const terms = buildNameTerms(
+    characterRecord({
+      firstNameHint: '',
+      lastNameHint: '',
+      fullName: 'Joshi A',
+      nativeName: '女子A',
+    }),
+  );
+
+  // ア would match every あ〜 in the subtitles; the letter is a disambiguator
+  // (Girl A / Girl B), not a name.
+  assert.ok(!terms.includes('ア'));
+  assert.ok(!terms.includes('アさん'));
+  assert.ok(terms.includes('女子A'));
+  assert.ok(terms.includes('ジョシア'));
+});
+
+test('buildNameTerms keeps a single-kanji name part', () => {
+  const terms = buildNameTerms(
+    characterRecord({
+      firstNameHint: 'Sora',
+      lastNameHint: 'Yamada',
+      fullName: 'Sora Yamada',
+      nativeName: '山田 空',
+    }),
+  );
+
+  assert.ok(terms.includes('山田'));
+  assert.ok(terms.includes('空'));
+});
diff --git a/src/main/character-dictionary-runtime/term-building.ts b/src/main/character-dictionary-runtime/term-building.ts
index 43f99147..f0f3c2ee 100644
--- a/src/main/character-dictionary-runtime/term-building.ts
+++ b/src/main/character-dictionary-runtime/term-building.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@ export function expandRawNameVariants(rawName: string): string[] {
   return [...variants];
 }
 
+// AniList disambiguates unnamed mob characters with a trailing letter (女子A /
+// "Joshi A"), and a single letter romanizes into a single-kana alias (A → ア)
+// that collides with interjections (あ〜 matching ア). A one-character form is
+// only a real lookup target when it is kanji, so every other single-character
+// form is dropped before it can become a term.
+function isUsableNameTerm(name: string): boolean {
+  return [...name].length > 1 || containsKanji(name);
+}
+
 export function isJapaneseNameSplitCandidate(name: string): boolean {
   const compact = name.replace(/[\s\u3000・･·•]/g, '');
   return (
@@ -97,8 +106,11 @@ export function buildNameTerms(
 
       const split = name.split(/[\s\u3000]+/).filter((part) => part.trim().length > 0);
       if (split.length === 2) {
-        target.add(split[0]!);
-        target.add(split[1]!);
+        for (const part of split) {
+          if (isUsableNameTerm(part)) {
+            target.add(part);
+          }
+        }
       }
 
       const splitByMiddleDot = name
@@ -107,7 +119,9 @@ export function buildNameTerms(
         .filter((part) => part.length > 0);
       if (splitByMiddleDot.length >= 2) {
         for (const part of splitByMiddleDot) {
-          target.add(part);
+          if (isUsableNameTerm(part)) {
+            target.add(part);
+          }
         }
       }
 
@@ -136,6 +150,7 @@ export function buildNameTerms(
 
   const withHonorifics = new Set<string>();
   for (const entry of base) {
+    if (!isUsableNameTerm(entry)) continue;
     withHonorifics.add(entry);
     for (const suffix of HONORIFIC_SUFFIXES) {
       withHonorifics.add(`${entry}${suffix.term}`);