Kanji 盆 Words: Meanings and Readings

盆

ぼん

gambler's den

盆地

ぼんち

basin (e.g. between mountains)

盆踊

ぼんおどり

Bon Festival dance

盆栽

ぼんさい

bonsai

旧盆

きゅうぼん

Bon Festival of the lunar calendar

おわら風の盆

おわらかぜのぼん

Owara-Kaze-no-Bon Festival (Toyama)

お盆

おぼん

tray

お盆玉

おぼんだま

Bon holiday gift (usu. money given to children by parents or grandparents)

お盆明け

おぼんあけ

just after Obon

煙草盆

たばこぼん

tobacco tray

菓子盆

かしぼん

cake tray (dish)

海盆

かいぼん

ocean basin

角盆

かくぼん

square tray

丸盆

まるぼん

round tray

香盆

こうぼん

incense tray

三盆

さんぼん

fine high-grade Japanese refined sugar

三盆白

さんぼんじろ

fine high-grade Japanese refined sugar

朱盆

しゅぼん

vermilion tray

初盆

はつぼん

first Bon Festival following the death of a family member

常盆

じょうぼん

established gambler's den

新盆

あらぼん

first Obon following someone's death

断層盆地

だんそうぼんち

fault basin

地蔵盆

じぞうぼん

Jizo Festival

茶盆

ちゃぼん

tea tray

電気盆

でんきぼん

electrophorus

唐三盆

とうさんぼん

high-quality sugar imported from China

風の盆

かぜのぼん

Owara-Kaze-no-Bon Festival (Toyama)

覆水盆に帰らず

ふくすいぼんにかえらず

what's done is done

盆ござ

ぼんござ

altar mat for laying out offerings during the Bon festival

盆と正月

ぼんとしょうがつ

the Bon Festival and New Year

盆と正月が一緒に来たよう

ぼんとしょうがつがいっしょにきたよう

as if the two busiest days of the year had come at the same time

盆の縁

ぼんのふち

edge of a tray

盆の窪

ぼんのくぼ

hollow at nape of the neck

盆暗

ぼんくら

blockhead

盆花

ぼんばな

Obon flower

盆画

ぼんが

tray landscape

盆休み

ぼんやすみ

Bon holidays

盆景

ぼんけい

miniature garden

盆祭り

ぼんまつり

Bon Festival

盆石

ぼんせき

tray-landscape foundation stone

盆棚

ぼんだな

shelf with offerings for welcoming the spirits of one's ancestors during the Bon Festival

盆中

ぼんなか

gambler's den

盆提灯

ぼんぢょうちん

Bon Festival lantern

盆灯籠

ぼんとうろう

Bon Festival lantern

盆梅

ぼんばい

plum bonsai

盆暮

ぼんくれ

Bon and year-end festivals

盆明け

ぼんあけ

just after Obon

盆踊り唄

ぼんおどりうた

Bon Festival dance song

銘々盆

めいめいぼん

type of tray to serve sweets individually

裏盆

うらぼん

last day of the Bon festival (July 20 in most parts of Japan)

和三盆

わさんぼん

refined Japanese sugar

擂盆

らいぼん

mortar (for grinding)

盂蘭盆

うらぼん

Bon festival (Buddhist ceremony held around July 15)

盂蘭盆会

うらぼんえ

Bon festival (Buddhist ceremony held around July 15)

盂蘭盆経

うらぼんきょう

Ullambana Sutra