Word Meaning 盂蘭盆

うらぼん urabon

盂蘭盆 is read as うらぼん (urabon) and means Bon festival (Buddhist ceremony held around July 15).

Meaning

English

Bon festival (Buddhist ceremony held around July 15)
Feast of Lanterns

Reading

Kana

うらぼん

Romaji

urabon

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 36 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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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

盆

ぼん

gambler's den

旧盆

きゅうぼん

Bon Festival of the lunar calendar

和三盆

わさんぼん

refined Japanese sugar

電気盆

でんきぼん

electrophorus

地蔵盆

じぞうぼん

Jizo Festival

三盆

さんぼん

fine high-grade Japanese refined sugar

円盆

まるぼん

round tray

新盆

にいぼん

first Obon following someone's death

初盆

はつぼん

first Bon Festival following the death of a family member

盆地

ぼんち

basin (e.g. between mountains)

Example Sentences

今年は亡き母の忌中のため盂蘭盆供養会はないが、先祖の墓の掃除に行く。

This year there isn't a bon festival memorial ceremony for my departed mother, but I will go to clean my ancestors' graves.