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Japanese
| For pronunciation and definitions of ぼん – see the following entries.
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| 【盆】S
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- a tray (for carrying e.g. dishes)
- (archaic) a flat earthenware pot, bowl, or basin
- short for 盆茣蓙 (bon goza), a woven rush mat for rolling or throwing dice in gambling
- a gambling den, a place where gambling happens
- a gamble, a match, a contest
- a household, a residence, a home (by extension from the sense of having one's own serving tray)
- a place for a tryst
- the circular area of a 回り舞台 (mawari butai, “revolving stage”) (from its resemblance to a round serving tray)
- an offering or votive at Obon
- the Obon or Bon Festival, an event with Buddhist roots, celebrated on July 15
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(This term, ぼん (bon), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as ぼん, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ぼん.)
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(The following entry is uncreated: 坊.)