Etymology

kaidan

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Today it means: A traditional Japanese ghost story or horror story. Full definition →

Japanese 怪談
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from怪談
  2. Japanese · borrowed from怪談
  3. English todaykaidan

Borrowed from Japanese 怪談.

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