お化け話

おばけばなし

ghost story, spooky story

お化け暦

おばけごよみ

private koyomi published illegally (Edo period)

お化けの話

おばけのはなし

spooky tale, ghost story

提灯お化け

ちょうちんおばけ

lantern ghost, demonic lantern

お化け屋敷

おばけやしき

haunted house

お化け番組

おばけばんぐみ

extremely popular long-running TV show

化け

ばけ

transforming oneself, taking on another form, disguising oneself

化けチェック

ばけチェック

parity check

化け物

ばけもの ばけもん バケモン

goblin, apparition, monster, ghost, phantom, spectre, specter

化ける

ばける

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.), to assume the shape of, to turn oneself into, to transform oneself into

化け猫

ばけねこ

monster cat, cat with magical powers

大化け

おおばけ

change, metamorphosis, transformation

七化け

ななばけ

kabuki dance in which the dancer quickly changes his clothes seven times

化け札

ばけふだ

card that can be counted as more than one type of card for scoring combinations (e.g. the sake cup card or the November suit)

化け狸

ばけだぬき

supernatural tanuki (Japanese folklore)

お負け

おまけ

freebie (e.g. with a purchase), something additional, bonus, an extra

お付け

おつけ

broth; soup (esp. miso soup)

お情け

おなさけ

pity

お預け

おあずけ

postponement, wait (until one is given permission)