Illustration: On a footpath beside an Edo-period village field, a tanuki is caught halfway through transforming into a traveling peddler. Its upper body has become a startled human face and kimono-clad torso, while its lower body still has furry hind legs and a thick tail.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

化ばける

bakeru

to take another form

Often used of animals or spirits in folklore. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 猫ねこは化ばけると言いわれる。

    It is said that cats can change shape.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 女おんなに化ばけた猫ねこ

    a cat that has changed into a woman

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 先祖霊せんぞれいに化ばけて何なにかを企くわだてる動物霊どうぶつれいが多おおいから注意ちゅういを要ようする。

    You have to be careful because many animal spirits change themselves into spirits of human ancestors and attempt something.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 化

  • 化change; take the form ofOnカ・ケKunばける・ばかす・ふける

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