| お化け話;御化け話 | [おばけばなし, obakebanashi] (n) (See 怪談) ghost story; spooky story [Add to Longdo] |
| お伽話;御伽話;おとぎ話;御伽噺 | [おとぎばなし, otogibanashi] (n) (See 伽話) fairy-tale; nursery-tale [Add to Longdo] |
| こぼし話;零し話 | [こぼしばなし, koboshibanashi] (n) complaining [Add to Longdo] |
| ひそひそ話 | [ひそひそばなし, hisohisobanashi] (n, vs) whispering [Add to Longdo] |
| ほら話;法螺話 | [ほらばなし, horabanashi] (n) (See 法螺) tall story; cock-and-bull story [Add to Longdo] |
| アラビア夜話 | [アラビアよばなし, arabia yobanashi] (n) Arabian Nights; The Thousand and One Nights; The Arabian Nights' Entertainments [Add to Longdo] |
| 一つ話 | [ひとつばなし, hitotsubanashi] (n) anecdote; common talk [Add to Longdo] |
| 一口話 | [ひとくちばなし, hitokuchibanashi] (n) joke; anecdote [Add to Longdo] |
| 噂話;噂話し;うわさ話 | [うわさばなし, uwasabanashi] (n, vs) gossip [Add to Longdo] |
| 艶笑小話 | [えんしょうこばなし, enshoukobanashi] (n) amorous anecdote [Add to Longdo] |
