Illustration: In the tatami room of an older Japanese house, a small humanlike ghost floats above the floor beside a low table. Its lower body fades away before reaching the tatami, and one translucent hand passes visibly through the table edge.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

おばけ

obake

ghost

Example sentences

  1. 僕ぼく、おばけじゃないよ。

    I’m not a ghost.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. お化ばけって信しんじますか？

    Do you believe in ghosts?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. この家いえ、お化ばけが出でるんだって。

    This house is said to be haunted.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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