百ひゃく物もの語がたり

noun

round of ghost stories; hundred tales

A traditional Japanese pastime where people gather at night, tell ghost stories, and extinguish a candle or lamp after each story. The term is culturally specific and often explained in English.

• 夏なつの夜よるに百ひゃく物もの語がたりをして、最さい後ごのろうそくが消きえると怖こわい話はなしが終おわった。

  On a summer night, we held a hundred-tale ghost story session, and when the last candle went out, the scary stories were over.