Japanese to English one word

LabRat · 05-29-2009, 12:19 AM

Anybody familiar with the Japanese word "bake?" The usage I have is "bakeneko," which I gather is some kind of mythical cat thingy.

Thanks

LR

yugknup · 05-29-2009, 03:41 AM

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^^

LabRat · 05-29-2009, 06:37 PM

The story makes so much more sense now!

LR

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LabRat Junior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 3 LabRat is an unknown character at this point	Japanese to English one word Anybody familiar with the Japanese word "bake?" The usage I have is "bakeneko," which I gather is some kind of mythical cat thingy. Thanks LR
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05-29-2009, 03:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
yugknup The Puky Gnu Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 464 yugknup came out of the blue	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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LabRat Junior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 3 LabRat is an unknown character at this point	Thank You The story makes so much more sense now! LR
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