English

Proper noun

Obon ‎(uncountable)

1. (Buddhism) A Japanese festival to honour the spirits of one's ancestors.
   • 1997: I was four years old, at the obon festival in our village, the time of year when we welcomed back the spirits of the dead. — Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha (Vintage 1998, p. 20)

Synonyms

• Bon
• Bon Festival

Translations

Anagrams

• boon
• noob

Japanese

Romanization

Obon

1. rōmaji reading of おぼん