梵ぼん鐘しょうぼんしょうMeanings1nounBuddhist temple bell; bonshōA large bell hung in a Buddhist temple, struck to signal time or during ceremonies. The term is specific to Japanese Buddhist contexts.除じょ夜やの鐘かねとして、寺てらの梵ぼん鐘しょうが百ひゃく八はち回かい撞つかれる。On New Year's Eve, the temple's bonshō is struck 108 times.