Obon

See also: öbon

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese お盆 (おぼん, Obon).

Proper noun

Obon

1. (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／盂兰盆 (zh) (yúlánpén), 盂兰盆 (zh) (Yúlánpén), 盂蘭盆會／盂兰盆会 (zh) (Yúlánpénhuì), 盂兰盆会 (zh) (Yúlánpénhuì), 日本盆會／日本盆会, 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 오본 (Obon)
• Malay: Obon
• Russian: Обо́н m (Obón)

Anagrams

• Bono, NOBO, boon, noob

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Japanese

Romanization

Obon

1. Rōmaji transcription of おぼん