Obon

öbon ọbọn English Etymology From en ja お盆 おぼん, Obon. Proper noun en Buddhism A Japanese festival to honor the spirits of one's ancestors. en Bon Bon Festival en 2013 Ruth Ozeki A Tale for the Time Being Canongate Books (2019) 222 It was coming up to Obon, and spirits were cruising about like travelers arriving at the airport with their suitcases, looking for a place to check in. Obon was their summer vacation, too, when they could come back from the land of the dead to visit us here, in the land of the so-called living. Translations a Japanese festival Arabic: ar بُون m, ar بُون m bon Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 盂蘭盆 Yúlánpén, cmn 盂蘭盆會 Yúlánpénhuì, cmn 日本盆會 Rìběn pénhuì Japanese: ja お盆 おぼん, Obon, ja 盂蘭盆 うらぼん, Urabon, ja 盂蘭盆會 うらぼんえ, Urabon'e Korean: ko ^오본 Malay: ms Obon Marathi: mr ओबोन m Russian: ru Обо́н m Further reading Bon Festival Anagrams en bnoo Bono NOBO boon noob Japanese Romanization おぼん