Kanji1 / 9
盆 kanji
basin, lantern festival, tray
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Secondary school
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NoneWords with 盆
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- —盆梅plum bonsai
- —裏盆last day of the Bon festival (July 20 in most parts of Japan)
- —盆棚shelf with offerings for welcoming the spirits of one's ancestors during the Bon Festival
- —盆花Obon flower; flower placed on a shelf to welcome the spirits during Obon
- —常盆established gambler's den; gambler's den in a fixed location
- —盆中gambler's den
- —盆仲good friend (esp. one has become acquainted with at a gambling den)
- —膿盆kidney dish; emesis basin; pus basin
- —盆祭りBon Festival
- —盆暮れBon and year-end festivals
- —盆灯籠Bon Festival lantern
- —盂蘭盆Bon festival (Buddhist ceremony held around July 15); Feast of Lanterns
- —盆の窪hollow at nape of the neck; toddler's shaved hairstyle leaving a small portion at the nape (esp. Edo period)
- —煙草盆tobacco tray
- —菓子盆cake tray (dish)
- —盆の縁edge of a tray
- —銘々盆type of tray to serve sweets individually
- —盆休みBon holidays (in mid-August); Bon holiday period
- —和三盆wasanbon; fine-grained Japanese sugar (traditionally used in wagashi); wagashi sweets made from wasanbon
- —唐三盆high-grade white sugar imported from China