お化け
Japanese
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化 |
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From お (o) (general honorific prefix) + 化け (bake), nominative of 化ける (bakeru, “change oneself into”).
Noun
- apparition, specter, ghost
- お化けが出る。
- Obake ga deru.
- To be haunted.
- お化けが出る。
Derived terms
- お化け屋敷 (obake yashiki, “haunted house”, literally “ghost house”)
See also
- 化け物 (bakemono)