"化け物" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ba̠ke̞mo̞no̞] Forms: 化け物 [canonical] (ruby: (), (もの)), bakemono [romanization]
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”). Etymology templates: {{m|ja|連用形||continuative or stem form|tr=ren'yōkei}} 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”), {{m|ja|化ける}} 化ける, {{compound|ja|化け|物|pos1=the <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">連用形</i> (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">化ける</i> bakeru, “take a different form, disguise oneself”|sort=ばけもの|t1=transforming|t2=thing|tr1=bake|tr2=mono}} 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”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ばけもの}} 化(ば)け物(もの) • (bakemono)
  1. a monster, a ghost, a phantom
    Sense id: en-化け物-ja-noun-es2Z0DO5
  2. someone of prodigious ability; monster; beast Synonyms (monster): お化け (obake), 妖怪 (yōkai) Synonyms (someone of prodigious ability): ばけもん (bakemon) [informal]
    Sense id: en-化け物-ja-noun-O0z9CPQi Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 5 95 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 5 95 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 5 95 Disambiguation of 'monster': 33 67 Disambiguation of 'someone of prodigious ability': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 化け物絵 (bakemono e) (ruby: (), (もの), ()) (english: a picture of a ghost or monster), 化け物屋敷 (bakemono yashiki) (ruby: (), (もの), (), (しき)) (english: haunted house), 化け物蝋燭 (bakemono rōsoku) (ruby: (), (もの), (ろう), (そく)) (english: a kind of shadow theater or play)

Alternative forms

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