提灯お化け

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ちょう
Grade: 5
ちん
Grade: 4

Grade: 3
Alternative spelling
提燈お化け (kyūjitai)

Etymology

提灯(ちょうちん) (chōchin, a type of collapsible cylindrical paper lantern) + () (obake, a ghost)

Pronunciation

Noun

(ちょう)(ちん)() (chōchin'obake

  1. chochinobake (a ghost or yokai that is believed to come from a lantern that has reached one hundred years of age)