name, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   The protagonist of 赫映姫の物語 (Kaguya-hime no Monogatari, “The Tale of Princess Kaguya”), a mysterious girl from the moon, discovered as a baby inside the stalk of a glowing bamboo plant. Japanese
2. 2
   Synonym of SELENE (“Japan’s second lunar orbiter spacecraft”). informal

Synonyms

All synonyms

kaguya himekaguya-himeselene

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 赫映, かぐや (Kaguya).

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