お化け

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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.

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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