Japanese

Alternative forms

• 化物

Noun

化け物 ‎(hiragana ばけもの, romaji bakemono)

1. a monster, a ghost, a phantom

   化 (ば)け物 (もの)のような茄子 (なす)

   bakemono no yō na nasu

   a monstrous eggplant, a monster of an eggplant

2. someone of prodigious ability

   トランプにかけては化 (ば)け物 (もの)だ。

   Toranpu ni kakete wa bakemono da.

   He's a monster / a whiz at cards.

Synonyms

• (monster): お化 (ば)け ‎(obake), 妖怪 (ようかい) ‎(yōkai)

Derived terms

References

1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
3. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

• 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, ISBN 4469021067