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.
夏の夜に百物語をして、最後のろうそくが消えると怖い話が終わった。
On a summer night, we held a hundred-tale ghost story session, and when the last candle went out, the scary stories were over.