Kaguya

See also: kaguya

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 赫映, かぐや (Kaguya).

Proper noun

Kaguya

  1. (Japanese folklore) 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.
  2. (chiefly in Japan, informal) Synonym of SELENE (“Japan’s second lunar orbiter spacecraft”)

Synonyms

  • (mysterious girl from the moon): Kaguya-hime

Translations

See also

  • (Japan’s second lunar orbiter spacecraft): Hiten

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

Kaguya

  1. Rōmaji transcription of かぐや
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