提灯お化け

Japanese
Kanji in this term
提 灯 化
ちょう
Grade: 5		 ちん
Grade: 4		 ば
Grade: 3
Alternative spelling
提燈お化け (kyūjitai)

Etymology

提灯(ちょうちん) (chōchin, “a type of collapsible cylindrical paper lantern”) + お化(ば)け (obake, “a ghost”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːt͡ɕĩɰ̃o̞ba̠ke̞]

Noun

提(ちょう)灯(ちん)お化(ば)け • (chōchin'obake) 

  1. chochinobake (a ghost or yokai that is believed to come from a lantern that has reached one hundred years of age)
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