盆

Meaning

1. n
   tray
2. n
   family; household
3. n abbreviation
   Obon; Bon Festival; Lantern Festival; Festival of the Dead
4. n
   gambler's den

Example sentences

• 山羽さんが茶の間の大きい盆に胡桃を盛った。

  Mr Yamaha filled the big tray in his living room with walnuts.

• 盆は仏教の年中行事で、7月13日から16日に行われます。

  Bon, an annual Buddhist event, is from July (or August on the lunar calendar) 13th to the 16th.

• 覆水、盆に返らず。

  What is done cannot be undone.