お盆
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word お盆
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
Kanji in this Word
盆
9 strokes
Frequency: 1654
JLPT N1
Grade 8
Meanings
basin
lantern festival
tray
Readings
On
— Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ボン
御
12 strokes
Frequency: 1087
JLPT N2
Grade 8
Meanings
honorable
manipulate
govern
Readings
On
— Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ギョ
ゴ
Kun
— Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
おん-
お-
み-
Nanori
— Specialized readings used in names
う
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