奇き談だん

noun

romantic story; colorful story; highly embellished story

Refers to a story that is fanciful, romantic, or exaggerated, often with a sense of being too good to be true. The English gloss suggest a tale that is embellished or colorful rather than strictly factual.

• 彼かれの冒ぼう険けん談だんはいつも奇き談だんめいていて、どこまで本ほん当とうかわからない。

  His adventure stories always sound like romantic tales; it's hard to tell how much is true.

• この本ほんには、江え戸ど時じ代だいの奇き談だんが集あつめられている。

  This book collects colorful stories from the Edo period.