お化け

Japanese
Kanji in this term
化
ば
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From お (o) (general honorific prefix) + 化け (bake), nominative of 化ける (bakeru, “change oneself into”)

Noun

お化け (hiragana おばけ, rōmaji obake)

  1. apparition, specter, ghost
    お化 (ば)けが出 (で)る。
    Obake ga deru.
    To be haunted.

Derived terms
  • お化 (ば)け屋敷 (やしき) (obake yashiki, “haunted house”, literally “ghost house”)

See also
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