異い聞ぶん

noun

strange tale; curious report

Refers to an unusual or mysterious story or piece of news, often with a slightly literary or formal feel. Not an everyday word for gossip.

• 彼かれは旅たび先さきで聞きいた異い聞ぶんをまとめて本ほんにした。

  He collected the strange tales he heard on his travels and turned them into a book.

• その地ち方ほうには古ふるくから伝つたわる異い聞ぶんが数かず多おおく残のこっている。

  Many strange stories handed down from long ago remain in that region.