お化け

Japanese
Kanji in this term
化
ば
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
御化け

Etymology

From お (o-, general honorific prefix) +‎ 化け (bake, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 化(ば)ける (bakeru, “to change oneself into”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

お化(ば)け • (obake) 

  1. apparition, specter, ghost
    お化(ば)けが出(で)る。
    Obake ga deru.
    To be haunted.

Derived terms

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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