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)

Meaning

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

Example sentences

歌留多の会が百物語の会にでも変ったように、一種の暗い空気がこの一座を押し包んで、誰も彼もみな黙っていた。

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.