盆

ぼん

Meanings

1. Noun tray
2. family; household
3. Obon; Bon Festival; Lantern Festival; Festival of the Dead See also: 盂蘭盆 (うらぼん).
4. gambler's den

Kanji

• 盆 tray. Read as ボン.

Example sentences

• お盆が近づいてきた。
  The Bon Festival is near at hand.
• アイリーン・ペパーバーグが、アレックスと名づけたオウムの前で丸いお盆を持っている。
  Irene Pepperberg holds a round tray in front of a parrot she has named Alex.
• 覆水、盆に返らず。
  What is done cannot be undone.
• 日本のお盆は、メキシコの「死者の日」に似ています。
  Japan's Obon is similar to Mexico's Day of the Dead.

Words containing 盆

• 盆地 (ぼんち) basin (e.g. between mountains)
• 盆栽 (ぼんさい) bonsai
• 盆踊り (ぼんおどり) Bon Festival dance

And 51 more.

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