Illustration: In a modest Japanese living room, a grandmother carries a shallow round wooden tray with both hands. A small teapot and three cups rest securely inside its raised rim, clearly separate from the carrier beneath them. Her grandson, seated at the low table, reaches up to help receive the entire tray.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

盆ぼん

bon

tray

Example sentences

  1. 覆水ふくすい盆ぼんに返かえらず。

    What is done cannot be undone.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. アイリーン・ペパーバーグが、アレックスと名なづけたオウムの前まえで丸まるいお盆ぼんを持もっている。

    Irene Pepperberg holds a round tray in front of a parrot she has named Alex.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 山羽やまわさんが茶ちゃの間まの大おおきい盆ぼんに胡桃くるみを盛もった。

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

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 盆

  • 盆basin; lantern festivalOnボン

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