化け物

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of 化け (bake, “transforming”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 化ける bakeru, “take a different form, disguise oneself”) +‎ 物 (mono, “thing”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

化け物 (hiragana ばけもの, rōmaji bakemono)

  1. a monster, a ghost, a phantom
    化 (ば)け物 (もの)のような茄 (な)子 (す)
    bakemono no yō na nasu
    a monstrous eggplant, a monster of an eggplant
    • 1999 March 27, “ラーバス [Larvas]”, in Vol.2, Konami:
      素 (す)早 (ばや)く動 (うご)く鳥 (とり)のばけもの。細 (ほそ)く長 (なが)い腕 (うで)をからませ絞 (し)めあげる。
      Subayaku ugoku tori no bakemono. Hosoku nagai ude o karamase shimeageru.
      A nimble avian monster who will strangle you with his long thin arms.
  2. someone of prodigious ability
    トランプにかけては化 (ば)け物 (もの)だ。
    Toranpu ni kakete wa bakemono da.
    He's a monster / a whiz at cards.

Synonyms

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 化 (ば)け物絵 (ものえ) (bakemono e): a picture of a ghost or monster
  • 化 (ば)け物屋敷 (ものやしき) (bakemono yashiki): gloss=haunted house
  • 化 (ば)け物蝋燭 (ものろうそく) (bakemono rōsoku): a kind of shadow theater or play

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  • 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
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