乙姫

Japanese

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

Alternative forms

弟姫

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

乙姫 (hiragana おとひめ, rōmaji Otohime)

A beautiful young princess, who is believed to live in the paradise castle of deep sea, tha name 竜宮城 (ryūgūjō) of the story of 浦島太郎 (Urashima Taro)

Related terms

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

Noun

乙姫 (hiragana おとひめ, rōmaji otohime)

(obsolete) younger princess

Antonyms

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

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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