Word Meaning お化け

おばけ obake

お化け is read as おばけ (obake) and means something unusually large.

Meaning

English

  1. something unusually large
  2. ghost
  3. apparition
  4. goblin
  5. monster
  6. demon

Reading

Kana

おばけ

Romaji

obake

Writing Variants

  • 御化け おばけ obake

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Related Words 幽霊,悪霊,怨霊,亡霊,生霊,ゴースト,物の怪,妖怪 Rank 820 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

化け物

ばけもの

goblin

化学

かがく

chemistry

強化

きょうか

reinforcement

文化

ぶんか

Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

変化

へんか

sidestepping

合理化

ごうりか

rationalization

国際化

こくさいか

internationalization

悪化

あっか

deterioration

化石

かせき

fossil

進化

しんか

evolution

文化財

ぶんかざい

cultural assets

消化

しょうか

digestion (of food)

Example Sentences

7

Do you believe in ghosts?

Do you believe in ghosts?

I went to a haunted house.

This house is said to be haunted.

It is said the house is haunted.

The haunted house? I won't be able to sleep at night.

Takashi said he wasn't afraid of ghosts, but when he heard some sounds from the supposedly empty second floor, he quickly scrambled away.