Kanji1 / 9
盆 kanji
basin, lantern festival, tray
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ボン
Kun readings
NoneWords with 盆
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —盆踊Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance
- —うら盆Bon festival (Buddhist ceremony held around July 15); Feast of Lanterns
- —銘銘盆type of tray to serve sweets individually
- —盆踊歌Bon Festival dance song
- —盆踊唄Bon Festival dance song
- —盆ござgambling mat (for dice games); altar mat for laying out offerings during the Bon festival
- —御盆玉Bon holiday gift (usu. money given to children by parents or grandparents)
- —うら盆会Bon festival (Buddhist ceremony held around July 15); Feast of Lanterns
- —たばこ盆tobacco tray
- —盆踊り歌Bon Festival dance song
- —お盆やすみBon holidays (in mid-August); Bon holiday period
- —覆水盆に帰らず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様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