Moto 盆: Basin; Lantern Festival; TrayKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ボン
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 68 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ボン)
- 盆ぼんtray
- 盆栽ぼんさいbonsai; miniature potted plant
- 盆地ぼんちbasin (e.g. between mountains)
- 旧盆きゅうぼんBon Festival of the lunar calendar
- 盆踊りぼんおどりBon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance
- 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O-Bon; Obon
- お盆明けおぼんあけjust after O-Bon; the period (immediately) after O-Bon
- 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
- 丸盆まるぼんround tray
- 于蘭盆うらぼんBon festival; Feast of Lanterns
- 于蘭盆会うらぼんえBon festival; Feast of Lanterns
- 円盆まるぼんround tray
- 初盆はつぼんfirst Bon Festival following the death of a family member
- 和三盆わさんぼんrefined Japanese sugar
- 唐三盆とうさんぼんhigh-quality sugar imported from China
- 地蔵盆じぞうぼんJizo Festival (child-focused religious festival, in which Jizo statues are decorated, esp. in Kyoto; 23-24 August)
- 常盆じょうぼんestablished gambler's den; gambler's den in a fixed location
- 御盆おぼんO-Bon; Obon
- 擂盆らいぼんmortar (for grinding)
- 断層盆地だんそうぼんちfault basin
- 新盆にいぼんfirst Obon following someone's death
- 朱盆しゅぼんvermilion tray
- 海盆かいぼんocean basin
- 盂蘭盆うらぼんBon festival; Feast of Lanterns
- 盂蘭盆会うらぼんえBon festival; Feast of Lanterns
- 盂蘭盆會うらぼんえBon festival; Feast of Lanterns
- 盆ござぼんござgambling mat (for dice games)
- 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 Christmas and one's birthday had come at the same time; as if Lady Luck had just visited twice
- 盆と正月が一緒に来た様ぼんとしょうがつがいっしょにきたようas if Christmas and one's birthday had come at the same time; as if Lady Luck had just visited twice
- 盆の窪ぼんのくぼhollow at nape of the neck
- 盆の縁ぼんのふちedge of a tray
- 盆中ぼんなかgambler's den
- 盆休みぼんやすみBon holidays; Bon holiday period (in mid-August)
- 盆明けぼんあけjust after O-Bon; the period (immediately) after O-Bon
- 盆景ぼんけいminiature garden; tray landscape
- 盆暗ぼんくらstupidity; idiocy
- 盆暮れぼんくれBon and year-end festivals
- 盆梅ぼんばいplum bonsai
- 盆棚ぼんだなshelf with offerings for welcoming the spirits of one's ancestors during the Bon Festival
- 盆灯籠ぼんとうろうBon Festival lantern
- 盆画ぼんがtray landscape
- 盆石ぼんせきtray-landscape foundation stone
- 盆祭りぼんまつりBon Festival
- 盆花ぼんばなO-Bon flower; flower placed on a shelf to welcome the spirits during O-Bon
- 盆茣蓙ぼんござgambling mat (for dice games)
- 盆踊り唄ぼんおどりうたBon Festival dance song
- 盆踊り歌ぼんおどりうたBon Festival dance song
- 茶盆ちゃぼんtea tray
- 菓子盆かしぼんcake tray (dish)
- 裏盆うらぼんlast day of the Bon festival (July 20 in most parts of Japan)
Other readings
- タバコ盆たばこぼんtobacco tray
- 煙草盆たばこぼんtobacco tray
- 盆提灯ぼんぢょうちんBon Festival lantern
- 盆暮ぼんくれBon and year-end festivals
- 盆踊ぼんおどりBon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance
- 盆踊唄ぼんおどりうたBon Festival dance song
- 盆踊歌ぼんおどりうたBon Festival dance song
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