バク

noun

tapir

Refers to the real animal, a large herbivorous mammal native to South America and Southeast Asia.

• 動どう物ぶつ園えんでバクを見みた。

  I saw a tapir at the zoo.

noun

mo (mythological dream-eating chimera)

In Chinese and Japanese mythology, a creature said to devour nightmares. Often depicted with a tapir-like appearance.

• 悪わるい夢ゆめを見みたときは、「バクに食たべてもらおう」と言いうことがある。

  When you have a bad dream, people sometimes say, 'Let the baku eat it.'