百物語

Reading

Kana: ひゃくものがたり

Romaji: hyakumonogatari

Definition

noun

1

round of ghost stories (trad. at night with a lamp or candle being extinguished after each story)

Kanji

百

Readings: ヒャク、 ビャク、 もも

Meaning: hundred

物

Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-

Meanings: thing, object, matter

語

Readings: ゴ、 かた.る、 かた.らう

Meanings: word, speech, language