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お化け
obake
Description
「お化け」は、死んだ人や動物などが姿を変えて出てくると言われるものです。
"お化け" refers to things said to appear in changed forms, such as dead people or animals.
こわい話やお祭りでよく聞く言葉で、ふつうより大きいものを表すこともあります。
It is a word often heard in scary stories and festivals, and can also mean something larger than usual.
Meanings
お化けobake
ghost; monster; spooky apparition
夜になるとお化けが出るそうです。
I heard ghosts appear at night.
お化けobake
something unusually huge or abnormal
畑でお化けみたいに大きいかぼちゃを見つけた。
I found a pumpkin as big as a ghost in the field.
Related words
Notes
- Etymology
化ける (bakeru, 'to transform') plus polite prefix お; literally 'thing that transforms'.
- Nuance
More childlike and casual than 幽霊, often used in kids' stories and Halloween contexts.
In videos
“僕は、お化けとか蜂（はち）が怖いです”
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