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    3. お化け

    お化け

    お​化ばけ​

    ghost

    KMT8News #23+1Core L2NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab10 strokes

    御化け

    おばけオバケ

    Noun

    1.
    ghost, apparition
    word usually written using kana alone
    2.
    goblin, monster, demon
    word usually written using kana alone
    3.
    something unusually large
    word usually written using kana alone

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    子こ供どもはお化ばけを怖こわがる。

    Children are scared of ghosts.

    KMT6Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    昔むかし話ばなしには、よくお化ばけが登とう場じょうする。

    Ghosts often appear in old folk tales.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsLiterature
    日に本ほんの夏なつには、肝きも試だめしでお化ばけ屋や敷しきに行いくのが定てい番ばんだ。

    In Japanese summer, it's a classic to go to a haunted house for a test of courage.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    ハロウィンでは、子こ供どもたちがお化ばけの仮か装そうをして楽たのしむ。

    On Halloween, children enjoy dressing up as ghosts.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsFamily & RelationshipsFashion & Beauty
    その廃はい屋おくにはお化ばけが出でると噂うわさされている。

    It is rumored that ghosts appear in that abandoned house.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsHome & Housing

    Characters that make up this word

    化
    ば.ける・ば.かす・ふ.ける・け.する…(2)
    change・take the form of・influence・enchant・delude…(1)
    Kanji
    お
    o
    Kana
    け
    ke
    Kana
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