princess; daughter of a nobleman
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
morning star lily (Lilium concolor); star lily
woman textile worker; Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae
female guardian deity of the market
Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale)
Sleeping Beauty; Thorn Princess; Briar Rose
eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii); first intercourse of the New Year; loss of virginity; loss of maidenhead
Seoritsuhime (goddess of purification, water, waterfalls and rivers)
dwarf milkwort (Polygala japonica)
female dancer; dancing girl; danseuse
the three princesses; three kabuki roles regarded as some of the hardest to perform
Kaguya-Hime (main character of Taketori Monogatari); Princess Kaguya; Kaguyahime (manga series by Reiko Shimizu)
sole girl in a group of geeks
small pine; short pine tree
Chinese crab apple (Malus prunifolia)
hime cut; hairstyle consisting of straight shoulder-length or cheek-length sidelocks and bangs cut above the eyebrows
daughter of a person of high rank
daughter of a person of high rank
thin, soft membrane inside the tip of a bamboo culm; silky inner covering at the tip of a bamboo shoot
Princess Peach (Nintendo character)
tall stewartia (Stewartia monadelpha); hime-syara stewartia
Princess Mononoke (1997 animated film)
Parnassius stubbendorfii (species of swallowtail)
female fan of yuri comics, etc.
sex worker (at a soapland)
Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora); small pine (esp. one pulled from the ground during "ne-no-hi-no-asobi")
toilet device that plays a melody or flushing sound
The Lady of the Camellias (1848 novel by Alexandre Dumas fils); Camille; La Traviata (1853 opera by Giuseppe Verdi)
kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)
Chinese guger tree (Schima wallichii); sasanqua (Camellia sasanqua); (arch.) Japanese privet (Ligustrum japonicum)
carpet beetle (Anthrenus verbasci)
maiden lily (Lilium rubellum)
woman factory worker in weaving industry
Tatsutahime; goddess of autumn; goddess of fall
fringed iris (Iris gracilipes)
small Japanese field mouse (Apodemus argenteus)
soft rice (cooked in a pot)
Euterpnosia chibensis (species of cicada)
cucumberleaf sunflower (Helianthus cucumerifolius)
Aucuba japonica var. borealis (variety of Japanese laurel)
painted lady (Vanessa cardui); thistle butterfly
soybean beetle (Anomala rufocuprea)
European storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
house swift (Apus nipalensis)
common wombat (Vombatus ursinus)
olivaceous piculet (species of bird, Picumnus olivaceus)
Meloe coarctatus (species of oil beetle)
Broussonetia kazinoki (species of mulberry)
Monomorium intrudens (species of ant)
dovekie (Alle alle); dovekey; little auk
Pieris japonica; Hime Lily of the valley bush; andromeda
mining bee (of family Andrenidae)
Vespa ducalis (species of hornet)
arthritic neptune (species of whelk, Neptunea arthritica)
slipper lobster of genus Scyllarus (esp. species Scyllarus cultrifer)
sharp-nosed sand goby (Favonigobius gymnauchen)
grey stingfish (Minous monodactylus)
Mentha japonica (species of mint)
pelagic cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus)
slender shrew (Sorex gracillimus)
True's shrew mole (Dymecodon pilirostris)
northern marsupial mole (Notoryctes caurinus)
coast mole (Scapanus orarius); Pacific mole
Okinawa pit viper (Ovophis okinavensis); Ryukyu Island pit viper
silky anteater (Cyclopes didactylus); pygmy anteater
Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope)
lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni)
Chacoan mara (Dolichotis salinicola)
slender deutzia (Deutzia gracilis)
small pratincole (Glareola lactea); little pratincole; small Indian pratincole
turkey vulture (Cathartes aura); turkey buzzard
Ilex leucoclada (species of holly)
Baillon's crake (Porzana pusilla)
horseweed (Conyza canadensis); Canadian horseweed; Canadian fleabane; coltstail; marestail; butterweed
Liriope minor (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)
caraway (Carum carvi); dill (Anethum graveolens)
black carpet beetle (Attagenus unicolor japonicus)
male fan of yuri comics, etc.
himeazami (Cirsium buergeri)
booking directly with a prostitute (instead of with the brothel)
olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea); Pacific ridley sea turtle; bastard turtle
herb-robert (Geranium robertianum); Robert's geranium
dwarf birch (Betula nana)
pink-headed persicaria (Persicaria capitata); pink knotweed; pinkhead smartweed
night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis)
Thumbelina (Hans Christian Andersen story)
Himejigakuin Women's Junior College
Himeji Institute of Technology
Himeji City Museum of Art