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お盆

御盆

Reading

Kana: おぼん
Romaji: obon
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

O-Bon; Bon Festival; Lantern Festival; Festival of the Dead

See also: (reading ぼん, entry #1)
2

tray

See also: (reading ぼん, entry #2)

Kanji

Reading: ボン
Meanings: basin, lantern festival, tray
Readings: ギョ、 ゴ、 おん-、 お-、 み-
Meanings: honorable, manipulate, govern

Example Sentences

(ぼん)がちかづいてきた。
➥The Bon Festival is near at hand.
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(ぼん)(うえ)には5つの(もの)がある。そのうち3つは(かぎ)である。
➥On the tray are five objects - three of them are keys.
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(ぼん)期間中(きかんちゅう)(えき)はとても混雑(こんざつ)する。
➥During Obon there is much confusion at train stations.
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日本人(にっぽんじん)は、お(ぼん)()先祖(せんぞ)自分達(じぶんたち)のところにやってきていると(しん)じている。
➥During O-bon, Japanese people believe they receive a visit from an ancestor.
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