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 v1 vi
• to disguise oneself as v1 vi
• to change radically; to metamorphose v1 vi
• to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.) v1 vi