姫・媛|ひめhime[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounyoung lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.)
   うるさいなっ！少すこしの頭痛ずつうくらい我慢がまんしろ。余よは魔力まりょくがすっからかんだ。それもこれも姫ひめのせいだぞ。↗

   Shurrup! Don't make such a fuss over a little headache. I'm flat out of magical power - this is all your fault!
2. noun (suffix), noungirl
3. prefixsmall; cute; lesser (in names of species)
4. nounprostitute

• SynonymプリンセスNeutralLoanword for a princess or a consort, also for Japanese imperial princesses; carries a fairy-tale flavor and is mostly used in Western-themed contexts.
• Synonym王女おうじょWrittenA king's or royal family's daughter; fairly formal and mostly about foreign royalty. 「姫」 is broader and more storybook-like.
• Synonym姫君ひめぎみWrittenA noble house's daughter; carries a classical-literature flavor, more solemn and archaic than 「姫」.
• Synonymお姫様おひめさまCasualA respectful way to say 「姫」; also a pampered girl who has never known hardship. Common in everyday speech.
• Related皇女こうじょWrittenAn emperor's daughter; formal imperial-household wording. 「姫」 broadly covers noble daughters and fairy-tale princesses.
• Related妃ひWrittenA consort: the wife of an emperor, a king or other royalty; it marks a spouse's status, not a daughter, which is what 「姫」 denotes.
• Related妃殿下ひでんかFormalAn honorific for the wife of an imperial prince and the like; formal, ceremonial address. It marks a royal by marriage, not a princess by birth.
• Related姫御前ひめごぜんWrittenA noble's or daimyo's daughter, said with respect; strongly old-fashioned and rare today. In everyday speech, 「お姫様」.
• Related内親王ないしんのうFormalFormal title in the Japanese imperial family for the emperor's daughters and close female relatives; legal, ceremonial register. More distant royals are 「女王」.

Use 「姫」 for a noble daughter, a fairy-tale princess, or as a prefix meaning small and dainty, as in 「白雪姫」 and 「姫りんご」. Japanese imperial princesses are formally 「内親王」 and the like; a foreign king's daughter is 「王女」; for respectful address, use 「お姫様」.

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1. 神葬しんそうにおいて16～19歳さいの少女しょうじょの諡おくりな。