盆ぼん暮くれ

noun

Bon and year-end festivals

Refers collectively to the two major gift-giving and homecoming seasons in Japan: the Bon festival in mid-August (or mid-July in some regions) and the New Year period. Often used in contexts of seasonal greetings, gifts, or travel.

• 盆ぼん暮くれには親しん戚せきに贈おくり物ものをする習しゅう慣かんがある。

  There is a custom of giving gifts to relatives during the Bon and year-end seasons.

• 盆ぼん暮くれの帰き省せいラッシュで新しん幹かん線せんが混こん雑ざつする。

  The Shinkansen gets crowded during the Bon and year-end homecoming rush.