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化(ば)ける
Rank #8,901

Meanings

  • Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
    1. 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
  • 2. to disguise oneself as
  • 3. to change radically; to metamorphose
  • 4. to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

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化ける
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