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Kaguya
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kaguya
English
Etymology
Borrowed from en ja 赫映, かぐや Kaguya.
Proper noun
en Japanese _ folklore The protagonist of ja 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.
en chiefly in Japan informal en SELENE Japan’s second lunar orbiter spacecraft.
Synonyms
mysterious girl from the moon en Kaguya-hime
Translations
Japanese folklore: mysterious girl from the moon
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 輝夜姬
Japanese: ja かぐや姫 Kaguya-hime
Japan’s second lunar orbiter spacecraft SELENE
See also
Japan’s second lunar orbiter spacecraft en Hiten
Further reading
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter The Tale of Princess Kaguya en
Kaguya (mouse) en
SELENE en
Japanese
Romanization
かぐや