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Old 05-29-2009, 03:41 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Hi,

'bake' is the stem of the verb 'bakeru' (化ける) which means '"to take a different form/be in disguise", or "to go bad/become corrupted", so a 'bakeneko' (化け猫) is like a monster cat -- either through changing form (probably not in a good way), or by being generally evil^^
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