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    3. 盆

    盆

    盆ボン

    basin

    N1KMT9Freq #1654Culture & TraditionsHome & HousingKanji9 strokes

    On'yomi

    ボン

    basinlantern festivaltray

    分皿

    八
    刀
    皿

    Stroke 0 / 9

    Speed1.0x

    益瓰竕粉紛忿枌氛盂竕忿枌盈紛益粉瓰雰氛

    Concepts using this kanji

    盆

    tray

    盆栽

    bonsai

    盆地

    basin (e.g. between mountains)

    盆踊り

    Bon Festival dance

    和三盆

    refined Japanese sugar

    盆と正月

    the Bon Festival and New Year

    三盆

    fine high-grade Japanese refined sugar

    盆中

    gambler's den

    三盆白

    fine high-grade Japanese refined sugar

    円盆

    round tray

    電気盆

    electrophorus

    地蔵盆

    Jizo Festival

    海盆

    ocean basin

    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

    盆石

    tray-landscape foundation stone

    新盆

    first Obon following someone's death

    盆明け

    just after Obon

    お盆明け

    just after Obon

    初盆

    first Bon Festival following the death of a family member

    盆画

    tray landscape

    断層盆地

    fault basin

    常盆

    established gambler's den

    旧盆

    Bon Festival of the lunar calendar

    盆景

    miniature garden

    盆花

    Obon flower

    盆休み

    Bon holidays (in mid-August)

    お盆休み

    Bon holidays (in mid-August)

    風の盆

    Owara-Kaze-no-Bon Festival (Toyama)

    おわら風の盆

    Owara-Kaze-no-Bon Festival (Toyama)

    お盆玉

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

    唐三盆

    high-quality sugar imported from China

    盆仲

    good friend (esp. one has become acquainted with at a gambling den)

    菓子盆

    cake tray (dish)

    角盆

    square tray

    覆水盆に返らず

    what's done is done

    香盆

    incense tray

    裏盆

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

    盆提灯

    Bon Festival lantern

    茶盆

    tea tray

    盆暮れ

    Bon and year-end festivals

    盆暗

    stupid

    盆梅

    plum bonsai

    盆祭り

    Bon Festival

    煙草盆

    tobacco tray

    お盆

    Obon

    銘々盆

    type of tray to serve sweets individually

    朱盆

    vermilion tray

    盆灯籠

    Bon Festival lantern

    盆棚

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

    盆の縁

    edge of a tray

    盂蘭盆会

    Bon festival (Buddhist ceremony held around July 15)

    盆踊り唄

    Bon Festival dance song

    盆の窪

    hollow at nape of the neck

    盂蘭盆経

    Ullambana Sutra

    盆茣蓙

    gambling mat (for dice games)

    擂盆

    mortar (for grinding)

    盂蘭盆

    Bon festival (Buddhist ceremony held around July 15)

    膿盆

    kidney dish

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 八
    • 刀
    • 皿

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    • お盆
    • 円盆
    • 旧盆
    • 覆水盆に返らず
    • 盆
    • 盆画
    • 盆景
    • 盆栽
    • 盆祭り
    • 盆石
    • 盆地
    • 盆暮れ
    • 盆踊り
    • 盆灯籠
    • 盂蘭盆
    • 盂蘭盆会
    • 盆の窪
    • 新盆
    • 茶盆
    • 初盆
    • 煙草盆
    • 盆提灯
    • 角盆
    • 菓子盆
    • 盆の縁
    • 海盆
    • 盆暗
    • おわら風の盆
    • 盆と正月が一緒に来たよう
    • 銘々盆
    • 盆休み
    • 和三盆
    • 唐三盆
    • 朱盆
    • 断層盆地
    • 三盆
    • 三盆白
    • 電気盆
    • 地蔵盆
    • 盆踊り唄
    • 香盆
    • 擂盆
    • 盆梅
    • 風の盆
    • 盆茣蓙
    • 盆と正月
    • 盆明け
    • お盆明け
    • 裏盆
    • 盆棚
    • 盆花
    • 常盆
    • 盆中
    • 盂蘭盆経
    • お盆玉
    • お盆休み
    • 盆仲
    • 膿盆

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