No. 4,601 in Japanese
怪談
"怪談" (kaidan) means "ghost story" or "supernatural tale."
In a sentence
この怪談はとても恐ろしいです。
This ghost story is very scary.
Used as a noun to describe a specific type of story, typically a ghost story or supernatural tale.
彼女は怪談を聞くのが好きです。
She likes listening to ghost stories.
Used in general as a genre or classification of narrative, referring to stories involving ghosts or supernatural events.
昔、村で怪談が話されていました。
In the past, ghost stories were told in the village.
Used historically to denote the tradition or activity of telling supernatural tales as part of cultural or communal practices.
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