Definition of お盆 (おぼん)

ぼん

お盆

おぼん

obon

noun
1.
O-Bon, Obon, Bon Festival, Lantern Festival, Festival of the Dead
See also:盆 (ぼん)
2.
tray(polite language)
See also:盆 (ぼん)
Other readings:
御盆【おぼん】
Related Kanji
盆 basin, lantern festival, tray
御 honorable, manipulate, govern
Example sentences(showing 4 results)

ぼん
お盆
きかん
期間
ちゅう
中
えき
駅
こんざつ
混雑
During Obon there is much confusion at train stations

On the tray are five objects - three of them are keys

にほんじん
日本人
、
ぼん
お盆
あいだ
間
せんぞ
先祖
じぶん
自分
たち
達
During O-bon, Japanese people believe they receive a visit from an ancestor

The Bon Festival is near at hand