化け猫
Japanese
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化け猫: an example of a goblin cat apparition.
Kanji in this term | |
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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]
Noun
See also
- 猫又 (nekomata)
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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