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kaidan

kaidan noun: a traditional Japanese ghost story or horror story.

Noun

kaidan (plural kaidans or kaidan)

  1. A traditional Japanese ghost story or horror story.

Forms of kaidan

pluralkaidans
pluralkaidan

Origin of kaidan

Borrowed from Japanese 怪談.

Questions about kaidan

What does kaidan mean?
Kaidan means a traditional Japanese ghost story or horror story.
What part of speech is kaidan?
Kaidan is a noun.
What is the plural of kaidan?
The plural of kaidan is kaidans.

Words near kaidan in the dictionary

  1. kaibun
  2. Kaicheng
  3. kaid
  4. Kaidak
  5. Kaidaks
  6. kaidan
  7. kaidans
  8. Kaiden
  9. Kaidence
  10. kaids
  11. kaie

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