ひめ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ひめ – see the following entries.
【姫】S
[noun] the daughter of a high-ranking person
[noun] a noblewoman
[noun] a princess
[noun] (euphemistic) a woman
[noun] (Kansai slang) in the Kyōto and Osaka areas, a prostitute
[noun] short for 姫糊 (himenori): a kind of starch glue made from boiled-down rice
[prefix] cute
[prefix] small
[proper noun] a place name
[proper noun] a surname
[proper noun] a female given name
Alternative spelling
媛
【媛】4
[noun] alternative form of 姫
(This term, ひめ (hime), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as ひめ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ひめ.)
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