乙姫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
おと
Grade: S
ひめ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

(oto, young girl; youngest girl) + (hime, daughter or young lady of noble or gentle birth; princess)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

(おと)(ひめ) • (Otohime) 

  1. Otohime, princess of Ryūgū Castle in the tale of Urashima Tarō

Derived terms

  • リュウグウノオトヒメノモトユイノキリハズシ (Ryūgū-no-Otohime-no-motoyui-no-kirihazushi, Zostera marina, literally cutting of the hairtie of Otohime of Ryūgū)
  • 浦島太郎(うらしまたろう) (Urashima Tarō): Urashima Tarō

Noun

(おと)(ひめ) • (otohime) 

  1. (obsolete) younger princess

Antonyms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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