都市伝説

Japanese

Kanji in this term
都	市	伝	説
と Grade: 3	し Grade: 2	でん Grade: 4	せつ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

From 都市 (toshi, “city”) +‎ 伝説 (densetsu, “legend”).

Noun

都市伝説 (hiragana としでんせつ, rōmaji toshidensetsu)

urban myth; urban legend

References

1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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