化け猫
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 化 | 猫 |
| ば Grade: 3 |
ねこ Grade: S |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology
Compound of 化け (bake, “transformation, taking the form of; monster”, stem of verb 化ける bakeru, “to transform, to change into something else”) + 猫 (neko, “cat”).[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
- (Japanese mythology) a monster cat; a goblin cat; a cat with magical powers
- In Japanese folklore, this entity was believed to be a magical cat, sometimes capable of transforming itself into a person or various other forms.
See also
- 猫又 (nekomata)
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 化 read as ば
- Japanese terms spelled with 猫 read as ねこ
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
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- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
- ja:Japanese mythology
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