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お盆おぼんNounFreq #11939
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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
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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

盂蘭盆うらぼんNounFreq #96205
1

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

和三盆わさんぼんNounFreq #101367
1

refined Japanese sugar

円盆丸盆まるぼんNounFreq #105754
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round tray

茶盆ちゃぼんNounFreq #111117
1

tea tray

初盆はつぼんNounFreq #121060
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first Bon Festival following the death of a family member

盆暮れ盆暮ぼんくれNounFreq #122637
1

Bon and year-end festivals

地蔵盆じぞうぼんNounFreq #126464
1

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

新盆にいぼんあらぼんしんぼんNounFreq #148560
1

first Bon Festival following the death of a family member

盆棚ぼんだなNounFreq #159119
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shelf with offerings for welcoming the spirits of one's ancestors during the Bon Festival

菓子盆かしぼんNounFreq #161608
1

cake tray (dish)

旧盆きゅうぼんNounFreq #163367
1

Bon Festival of the lunar calendar

盆景ぼんけいNounFreq #165521
1

miniature garden; tray landscape

裏盆うらぼんNounFreq #167903
1

last day of the Bon festival (July 20 in most parts of Japan)

盆中ぼんなかNounFreq #175836
1

gambler's den

盆祭りぼんまつりNounFreq #181425
1

Bon Festival

盆明けぼんあけNounFreq #189360
1

just after Obon; the period (immediately) after Obon

盆茣蓙盆ござぼんござNounFreq #195069
1

gambling mat (for dice games)

2

altar mat for laying out offerings during the Bon festival

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