お化け
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 化 |
| ば Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
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| 御化け |
Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]- apparition, specter, ghost
- お化けが出る。
- Obake ga deru.
- To be haunted.
- お化けが出る。
Derived terms
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 化け物 (bakemono)
References
[edit]- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (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 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN