花はな子こさん

noun

Hanako-san; ghost haunting school toilets

A well-known Japanese urban legend about a spirit named Hanako who appears in school toilet stalls, often the third stall. Used as a proper noun.

• 小しょう学がく生せいの間あいだでは、花はな子こさんを呼よび出だす遊あそびが流行はやっていた。

  Among elementary school kids, a game to summon Hanako-san was popular.

• 「トイレの花はな子こさん」は、日本にほんの学がっ校こうで語かたられる怪かい談だんの一ひとつだ。

  "Hanako-san of the Toilet" is one of the ghost stories told in Japanese schools.