Kanji1 / 9
盆 kanji
basin, lantern festival, tray
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
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- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Secondary school
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NoneWords with 盆
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- —三盆白traditional high-grade white sugar
- —電気盆electrophorus
- —地蔵盆Jizō Festival; child-focused religious festival, in which Jizō statues are decorated, esp. in Kyoto; held on August 23-24
- —風の盆Owara-Kaze-no-Bon Festival (Toyama)
- —盆茣蓙gambling mat (for dice games); altar mat for laying out offerings during the Bon festival
- —盆明けjust after Obon; the period (immediately) after Obon
- —お盆玉Bon holiday gift (usu. money given to children by parents or grandparents)
- —盂蘭盆会Bon festival (Buddhist ceremony held around July 15); Feast of Lanterns
- —断層盆地fault basin
- —盆踊り唄Bon Festival dance song
- —盆と正月the Bon Festival and New Year; two great things (happening at the same time)
- —お盆明けjust after Obon; the period (immediately) after Obon
- —盂蘭盆経Ullambana Sutra; Yulanpen Sutra
- —お盆休みBon holidays (in mid-August); Bon holiday period
- —おわら風の盆Owara-Kaze-no-Bon Festival (Toyama)
- —覆水盆に返らずwhat's done is done; it is no use crying over spilt milk; spilt water won't go back into its tray
- —盆と正月が一緒に来たようas if Christmas and one's birthday had come at the same time; as if Lady Luck had just visited twice; as if the Bon Festival and New Year had come at the same time; as if the two busiest days of the year had come at the same time
- —御盆Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
- —丸盆round tray
- —盆暮Bon and year-end festivals