盆
盆

basin, lantern festival, tray

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お盆おぼんNounFreq #11939
1

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

Examples
お盆が近づいてきた。
The Bon Festival is near at hand.
2

Polite

tray

盆ぼんNounFreq #11959
1

tray

Examples
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.
2

family; household

3

Abbreviation

Obon; Bon Festival; Lantern Festival; Festival of the Dead

4

Slang

gambler's den

盆地ぼんちNounFreq #32419
1

basin (e.g. between mountains)

Examples
河川の盆地には普通肥沃な農地がある。
The basin of a river usually has rich farmland.
盆踊り盆踊ぼんおどりNounFreq #38348
1

Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance

盆栽ぼんさいNounFreq #42643
1

bonsai; miniature potted plant

Examples
大雨で盆栽がめちゃくちゃになった。
The heavy rain made a mess of the bonsai.
ぼんくら盆暗ボンクラNounUsually kanaFreq #48993
1

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; thickheaded

2

blockhead; idiot; dimwit

盆休みぼんやすみNounFreq #56840
1

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

盆と正月ぼんとしょうがつNounExpressionFreq #77073
1

the Bon Festival and New Year

2

Idiomatic expression

two great things (happening at the same time)

覆水盆に返らずふくすいぼんにかえらず覆水盆に帰らずExpressionFreq #84652
1

Proverb

what's done is done; it is no use crying over spilt milk; spilt water won't go back into its tray

Examples
諺に、覆水盆に返らずと言う。
The proverb says that what is done cannot be undone.
盂蘭盆うらぼんNounFreq #96205
1

Bon festival (Buddhist ceremony held around July 15); Feast of Lanterns

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