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Japanese
Etymology
From お (o-, general honorific prefix) + 化け (bake, 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 化ける (bakeru, “to change oneself into”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
お化け • (obake)
- apparition, specter, ghost
- お化けが出る。
- Obake ga deru.
- To be haunted.
Derived terms
- お化け屋敷 (obake yashiki, “haunted house”, literally “ghost house”)
- 提灯お化け (chōchin'obake, “chochinobake, a ghost that resembles a lantern”, literally “paper lantern ghost”)
See also
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN