obon
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 6
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- 8
- Letters
- 4
Definition of obon
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
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A Japanese festival to honor the spirits of one's ancestors.
“It was coming up to Obon, and spirits were cruising about like travelers arriving at the airport with their suitcases, looking for a place to check in. Obon was their summer vacation, too, when they could come back from the land of the dead to visit us here, in the land of the so-called living.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Japanese お盆 (おぼん, Obon).
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