Source Word
盆
Hiragana
ぼん
Noun
archaic
abbreviation
alt-of
Japanese Meaning
盆(皿などを載せる) / (古語)平らな土鍋、ボウル、または洗面器 / 盆茣蓙(ぼんござ)の略(賭博でサイコロを振ったり投げたりするために編んだイグサの敷物); お盆の略
Easy Japanese Meaning
ものをのせてはこぶうすくてひらたいうつわ。おぼんというなつのおまつりのこともさす。
Chinese (Simplified)
托盘(用于端菜等) / 古:扁平陶制的盆、钵或碗 / 省称:盆茣蓙(掷骰用草席)或盂兰盆节
Sense(1)
(archaic) a flat earthenware pot, bowl, or basin
Sense(2)
short for 盆茣蓙(ぼんござ) (bon goza), a woven rush mat for rolling or throwing dice in gambling
Sense(3)
a tray (for carrying e.g. dishes)
Sense(4)
a gambling den, a place where gambling happens
Sense(5)
a gamble, a match, a contest
Sense(6)
a household, a residence, a home (by extension from the sense of having one's own serving tray)
Sense(7)
a place for a tryst
Sense(8)
the circular area of a 回り舞台 (mawari butai, “revolving stage”) (from its resemblance to a round serving tray)
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