What does お化け mean?
お化け is a Japanese noun meaning “ghost; apparition” in English. It can also be translated as “goblin, something unusually large” depending on context. It is written as お化け in kanji, おばけ in hiragana, and obake in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.
Example sentence
私の家におばけが出たのは本当だ。
It's true that a ghost appeared at my house.