姫

Common noun

young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.)

Noun, used as a suffix; Common noun

girl

Prefix

small; cute; lesser (in names of species)

Archaic; Common noun; Kyoto-ben

prostitute

princess; daughter of a nobleman

daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)

goddess

princess

morning star lily (Lilium concolor); star lily

hime cut; hairstyle consisting of straight shoulder-length or cheek-length sidelocks and bangs cut above the eyebrows

eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii)

first intercourse of the New Year

Slang

loss of virginity; loss of maidenhead

small pine; short pine tree

imperial princess

tall stewartia (Stewartia monadelpha); hime-syara stewartia

daisy (Erigeron annuus); daisy fleabane

Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora)

small pine (esp. one pulled from the ground during "ne-no-hi-no-asobi")

Esp. on bathroom signs at ryokan and other trad. establishments

ladies

Word usually written using kana alone

Chinese guger tree (Schima wallichii)

sasanqua (Camellia sasanqua)

Archaic

Japanese privet (Ligustrum japonicum)

carpet beetle (Anthrenus verbasci)

Hotaria parvula (species of firefly)

kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)

ichneumon wasp (Ichneumonidae spp.); ichneumon fly

Aucuba japonica var. borealis (variety of Japanese laurel)

dwarf milkwort (Polygala japonica)

fringed iris (Iris gracilipes)

small Japanese field mouse (Apodemus argenteus)

cucumberleaf sunflower (Helianthus cucumerifolius)