盆

Meaning

盆 centers on a flat, open container: a basin or tray. The lantern festival sense comes from the tray-like platforms used to hold offerings during the Bon festival.

• お盆おぼん
  N2

  Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July

• 盆ぼん
  N2

  tray

• 盆踊りぼんおどり
  N1

  Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance

• 盆栽ぼんさい
  N1

  bonsai; miniature potted plant

• 盆地ぼんち
  N2

  basin (e.g. between mountains)

• 三盆さんぼん

  traditional high-grade white sugar

• 旧盆きゅうぼん

  Bon Festival of the lunar calendar

• 新盆にいぼん

  first Bon Festival following the death of a family member

• 盆暗ぼんくら

  stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; thickheaded

• 初盆はつぼん

  first Bon Festival following the death of a family member

• おわら風の盆おわらかぜのぼん

  Owara-Kaze-no-Bon Festival (Toyama)

• お盆休みおぼんやすみ

  Bon holidays (in mid-August); Bon holiday period

• お盆明けおぼんあけ

  just after Obon; the period (immediately) after Obon

• お盆玉おぼんだま

  Bon holiday gift (usu. money given to children by parents or grandparents)

• 三盆白さんぼんじろ

  traditional high-grade white sugar

• 円盆まるぼん

  round tray

• 和三盆わさんぼん

  wasanbon; fine-grained Japanese sugar (traditionally used in wagashi)

• 唐三盆とうさんぼん

  high-grade white sugar imported from China

• 地蔵盆じぞうぼん

  Jizō Festival; child-focused religious festival, in which Jizō statues are decorated, esp. in Kyoto; held on August 23-24

• 常盆じょうぼん

  established gambler's den; gambler's den in a fixed location

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