Source Word
中元
Hiragana
ちゅうげん
Noun
Japanese Meaning
中元
Easy Japanese Meaning
きゅうれきのしちがつじゅうごにちにおこなう、ぶっきょうやしんとうにかんけいがあるいわいの日
Chinese (Simplified)
农历七月十五的节日,中元节(鬼节) / 道教三元之一,地官赦罪之日
Sense(1)
the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, a Taoist date of importance now conflated in Japan with the Buddhist 盂蘭盆会(うらぼんえ) (urabon'e); see Ghost Festival#Japan
Sense(2)
a present given around this time of the year in gratitude
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