Proverb

• Ichi hime ni taro (eechee heemay nee tahroh) "First baby, a girl. Second baby, a boy": It originally meant that having a girl first, and a boy second was easier on mother as she gained experience before nurturing a boy. However, with each household having less children, this is commonly confused as having "one girl and two boys", or three children.

Usage

Historical

• Himiko Some believe that Himiko is a transliteration from Japanese to Chinese of Himemiko or female shaman.
• Sen Hime (Princess Sen, eldest daughter Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada)
• Soga no Kitashihime (daughter of Emperor Kimmei)
• Toku Hime (1565–1615) (second daughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu)
• Tokuhime (daughter of Oda Nobunaga)
• Komatsuhime (daughter of Honda Tadakatsu)
• Nohime (wife of Oda Nobunaga)

Literature

• Kaguya Hime (The Moon-Princess, folk tale)

Popular culture

• Anmitsu Hime (The Sugar Princess, anime and manga series)
• Mai-HiME (anime series; here, "HiME" is actually an acronym, standing for "Highly-advanced Materializing Equipment")
• Mononoke Hime (Princess Mononoke, film)
• Tsunade (Naruto) is often referred to as 'Tsunade-hime' by former team-mate Jiraiya amongst others in the original Japanese.
• Cagalli and Lacus, referred sometimes as "Hime-Sama", in Gundam Seed and Gundam Seed Destiny
• Hime-sama Goyoujin (Please protect the Princess)
• Yanagi Sakoshita is always called hime by Recca Hanabishi relating to a princess-ninja relation between the two.(Flame of Recca anime and manga series )
• Sakura in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle is referred to as Sakura-hime by Syaoran because she is the princess of the kingdom of Clow.
• Hime (rapper), Japanese female hip hop artist born in 1979
• Hime, a monster in a game called MapleStory.

Castle

• Himeji Castle

See also

• Tenno