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    3. 怪談

    怪談

    怪かい談だん

    ghost story

    KMT8News #20+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab23 strokes

    かいだん

    Noun

    1.
    ghost story, tale of the supernatural

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    彼かれは怪かい談だんが好すきだ。

    He likes ghost stories.

    KMT6Culture & TraditionsEmotions & Psychology
    夏なつの夜よるには、怪かい談だんを聞きいて涼すずしくなる。

    On summer nights, listening to ghost stories makes you feel cool.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    昔むかしから日に本ほんでは、怪かい談だんが人ひと々びとの間あいだで語かたり継つがれてきた。

    In Japan, ghost stories have been passed down among people since ancient times.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsHistory
    テレビで特とく集しゅうされた怪かい談だん番ばん組ぐみは、視し聴ちょう率りつが高たかかった。

    The ghost story program featured on TV had high ratings.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsMusic & Entertainment
    その作さっ家かは、日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな怪かい談だんを現げん代だい風ふうにアレンジして人にん気きを博はくしている。

    That author is gaining popularity by arranging traditional Japanese ghost stories in a modern style.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    怪
    あや.しい・あや.しむ…(2)
    suspicious・mystery・apparition
    談
    discuss・talk
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