盆提灯

Japanese

Kanji in this term
盆 提 灯
ぼん
Grade: S 		ちょう > ぢょう
Grade: 5 		ちん
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
盆提燈 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

盆(ぼん) (bon, “Bon Festival”) + 提灯(ちょうちん) (chōchin, “a type of collapsible cylindrical paper lantern”). The chō changes to jō as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bõ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ːt͡ɕĩɴ]

Noun

盆(ぼん)提(ぢょう)灯(ちん) • (bonjōchin) 

  1. memorial lantern, Obon lantern, a paper lantern used for memorials during Bon Festival

References

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