妃|ひhi[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noun (suffix)princess; consort

• SynonymプリンセスNeutralLoanword for a princess, mostly in Western fairy tales and Disney imagery; 「妃」 is the wife of an imperial or royal family member.
• Synonym妃殿下ひでんかFormalFormal honorific for the wife of a male imperial family member, as in 「皇太子妃殿下」; more deferential than 「妃」.
• Synonym皇妃こうひFormalFormal term for the Emperor's or an emperor's wife; 「妃」 mostly works as a suffix, as in 「皇太子妃」 or 「王妃」, for wives of imperial or royal family members.
• RelatedクイーンNeutralLoanword for a queen: a female sovereign, also a queen consort, plus the Q in playing cards and the queen in chess.
• Related姫ひめNeutralA young noblewoman or princess, mostly in stories; 「妃」 is a married consort of the imperial family.
• Related王女おうじょNeutralA king's or royal family's daughter; 「妃」 is a wife, not a daughter.
• Related姫君ひめぎみWrittenWritten term for a daughter of high rank, with an old-fashioned air; 「妃」 is a spouse.
• Related后きさきWrittenElegant written native word for the Emperor's consort, the empress; historically also a 「女御」 who became the Emperor's mother, and broadly wives of princes and lords.
• Related皇女こうじょWrittenWritten term for the Emperor's or an emperor's daughter; 「妃」 is a wife who married into the imperial family.
• Relatedお姫様おひめさまNeutralA princess, also figuratively a spoiled girl; fairy-tale in tone, while 「妃」 is a formal title.
• Related皇后陛下こうごうへいかFormalFormal honorific for the Empress, used on formal occasions; 「妃」 usually refers to other imperial wives such as the 「皇太子妃」.
• Related内親王ないしんのうFormalFormal title in the Japanese imperial family for the Emperor's daughters and other female imperial members; 「妃」 is a woman who married into the family.
• Related王后おうこうWrittenA king's lawful wife; rare even in written use, and in Japan one usually says 「王妃」.
• Related姫御前ひめごぜんWrittenOld-fashioned written honorific for daughters of nobles or daimyo; not used in modern Japanese.
• Antonym王おうNeutralA sovereign ruler of a country, the counterpart of 「妃」 as the monarch's spouse; a female monarch is usually called 「女王」.
• Antonym皇帝こうていNeutralThe monarch of an empire; in the ruler-versus-spouse relationship it is the opposite of 「妃」 and 「皇后」.
• Antonym大君おおきみWrittenArchaic written honorific for a sovereign; opposite of the spouse 「妃」, not used today.

Use 「妃」 for the wife of an imperial or royal family member, as in 「皇太子妃」 or 「王妃」; the honorific is 「妃殿下」. The Emperor's wife is 「皇后」, his daughter 「内親王」 or 「皇女」, and a fairy-tale princess is 「お姫様」. For Western contexts, the loanwords 「プリンセス」 and 「クイーン」 are common.

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1. 天皇てんのうや王族おうぞくの妻つまとなる女性じょせいのこと。