Obon

See also: öbon

English

Etymology

From Japanese お盆 (おぼん, Obon).

Proper noun

Obon

(Buddhism) A Japanese festival to honour the spirits of one's ancestors.
- 1997: I was four years old, at the obon festival in our village, the time of year when we welcomed back the spirits of the dead. — Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha (Vintage 1998, p. 20)

Synonyms

Bon
Bon Festival

Translations

a Japanese festival

Arabic: بُون‎‎ m (būn), بُون‎‎ m (bon)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 盂蘭盆 (zh), 盂兰盆 (zh) (Yúlánpén), 盂蘭盆會 (zh), 盂兰盆会 (zh) (Yúlánpénhuì), 日本盆會, 日本盆会 (Rìběn pénhuì)
Japanese: お盆 (おぼん, Obon), 盂蘭盆 (うらぼん, Urabon), 盂蘭盆會 (うらぼんえ, Urabon'e)

Korean: 오본 (Obon)
Malay: Obon
Russian: Обо́н m (Obón)

Anagrams

Bono, NOBO, boon, noob

Japanese

Romanization

Obon

Rōmaji transcription of おぼん

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