百物語

ひゃくものがたり

round of ghost stories (trad. at night with a lamp or candle being extinguished after each story)

Meanings

Noun
round of ghost stories (trad. at night with a lamp or candle being extinguished after each story)

Example sentences

歌留多かるたの会かいが百物語ひゃくものがたりの会かいにでも変かわったように、一種いっしゅの暗くらい空気くうきがこの一座いちざを押おし包つつんで、誰だれも彼かれもみな黙だまっていた。

Just as if the card gathering had turned into a ghost story telling party, a kind of dark mood had settled over those present and everyone was silent.