乙姫

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Japanese[edit]

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

Alternative forms[edit]

弟姫

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

(Tokyo) おとひめ [òtóꜜhìmè] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [o̞to̞çime̞]

Proper noun[edit]

乙(おと)姫(ひめ) • (Otohime)

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

Derived terms[edit]

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”)

Related terms[edit]

浦島太郎(うらしまたろう) (Urashima Tarō): Urashima Tarō

Noun[edit]

乙(おと)姫(ひめ) • (otohime)

(obsolete) younger princess

Antonyms[edit]

兄姫(えひめ) (ehime): (obsolete) elder princess

References[edit]

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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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