ひめ
Meanings
Noun
1. young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.)
Noun
Suffix
2. girl
Prefix
3. small; cute; lesser (in names of species)
Archaic
Noun
Kyōto-ben
4. prostitute
Kanji used
princess
Pitch accent
Top 3100
Used in vocabulary (87 in total)
princess; daughter of a nobleman
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
princess; daughter of a nobleman
songstress; diva
Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale)
female dancer; dancing girl; danseuse
woman textile worker; Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae
Sleeping Beauty; Thorn Princess; Briar Rose
morning star lily (Lilium concolor); star lily
mountain goddess
the three princesses; three kabuki roles regarded as some of the hardest to perform
Sleeping Beauty; Thorn Princess; Briar Rose
sole girl in a group of geeks
small pine; short pine tree
woman textile worker; Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae
hime cut; hairstyle consisting of straight shoulder-length or cheek-length sidelocks and bangs cut above the eyebrows
eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii); first intercourse of the New Year; loss of virginity; loss of maidenhead
female fan of yuri comics, etc.
imperial princess
tall stewartia (Stewartia monadelpha); hime-syara stewartia
sex worker (at a soapland)
toilet device that plays a melody or flushing sound
Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora); small pine (esp. one pulled from the ground during "ne-no-hi-no-asobi")
Chinese guger tree (Schima wallichii); sasanqua (Camellia sasanqua); (arch.) Japanese privet (Ligustrum japonicum)
eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii); first intercourse of the New Year; loss of virginity; loss of maidenhead
female guardian deity of the market
woman factory worker in weaving industry
Tatsutahime; goddess of autumn; goddess of fall
thin, soft membrane inside the tip of a bamboo culm; silky inner covering at the tip of a bamboo shoot
kokanee (landlocked variety of sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka)
soft rice (cooked in a pot)
rice starch; rice paste
fringed iris (Iris gracilipes)
male fan of yuri comics, etc.
Pieris japonica; Hime Lily of the valley bush; andromeda
soft tick; argasid
soft tick; argasid
cucumberleaf sunflower (Helianthus cucumerifolius)
carpet beetle (Anthrenus verbasci)
Aucuba japonica var. borealis (variety of Japanese laurel)
Euterpnosia chibensis (species of cicada)
small Japanese field mouse (Apodemus argenteus)
dwarf milkwort (Polygala japonica)
True's shrew mole (Dymecodon pilirostris)
lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni)
coast mole (Scapanus orarius); Pacific mole
slender deutzia (Deutzia gracilis)
silky anteater (Cyclopes didactylus); pygmy anteater
soybean beetle (Anomala rufocuprea)
Baillon's crake (Porzana pusilla)
Parnassius stubbendorfii (species of swallowtail)
arthritic neptune (species of whelk, Neptunea arthritica)
common wombat (Vombatus ursinus)
Chacoan mara (Dolichotis salinicola)
turkey vulture (Cathartes aura); turkey buzzard
mining bee (of family Andrenidae)
dovekie (Alle alle); dovekey; little auk
northern marsupial mole (Notoryctes caurinus)
European storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
slipper lobster of genus Scyllarus (esp. species Scyllarus cultrifer)
olivaceous piculet (species of bird, Picumnus olivaceus)
Okinawa pit viper (Ovophis okinavensis); Ryukyu Island pit viper
Mentha japonica (species of mint)
Meloe coarctatus (species of oil beetle)
small pratincole (Glareola lactea); little pratincole; small Indian pratincole
horseweed (Conyza canadensis); Canadian horseweed; Canadian fleabane; coltstail; marestail; butterweed
horseweed (Conyza canadensis); Canadian horseweed; Canadian fleabane; coltstail; marestail; butterweed
caraway (Carum carvi); dill (Anethum graveolens)
Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope)
sharp-nosed sand goby (Favonigobius gymnauchen)
house swift (Apus nipalensis)
grey stingfish (Minous monodactylus)
Monomorium intrudens (species of ant)
pelagic cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus)
Broussonetia kazinoki (species of mulberry)
Ilex leucoclada (species of holly)
black carpet beetle (Attagenus unicolor japonicus)
Okinawa pit viper (Ovophis okinavensis); Ryukyu Island pit viper
slender shrew (Sorex gracillimus)
Vespa ducalis (species of hornet)
Liriope minor (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)
Baillon's crake (Porzana pusilla)
Examples (2 in total)
The princess lay with her eyes closed.
They go to Himeji castle.