Himeji

American

[hee-me-jee] / ˈhi mɛˌdʒi /

noun

a city on SW Honshu, in S Japan, W of Kobe.

Himeji British

/ ˈhiːmɛˌdʒiː /

noun

a city in central Japan, on W Honshu: cotton textile centre. Pop: 475 892 (2002 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

In 2018, police arrested a 23-year-old man in the western city of Himeji for making a gun and more than 130 bullets at home.

From Reuters

The tiny but proud manufacturer is tucked away in the sleepy Japanese city of Himeji, famous for little other than an ancient castle, gourmet seawater eels and the matches.

From Seattle Times

Himeji has dominated match production in Japan.

From Seattle Times

The son of hoteliers, Mr. Takada was born in Himeji, Japan, on Feb. 27, 1939, and developed a love of fashion by reading his sisters’ fashion magazines.

From Washington Post

Born in 1939 in Himeji, in the Hyogo Prefecture in Japan, Takada developed a love for fashion after reading his sister's fashion magazines.

From Fox News

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023