"盂蘭盆" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Yúlánpénhuì",
      "word": "盂蘭盆會"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Yúlánpénhuì",
      "word": "盂兰盆会"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Yúlánpénjié",
      "word": "盂蘭盆節"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Yúlánpénjié",
      "word": "盂兰盆节"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "盂蘭盆經"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "盂兰盆经"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "उल्लम्बन",
        "4": "",
        "5": "hanging upside down"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit उल्लम्बन (ullambana, “hanging upside down”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Ashikaga, 1951",
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    },
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ullumpana",
        "3": "",
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "盂蘭"
      },
      "expansion": "盂蘭",
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      "args": {
        "1": "*盆",
        "2": "basin"
      },
      "expansion": "盆 (“basin”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Commonly thought to have been derived from Sanskrit उल्लम्बन (ullambana, “hanging upside down”), a word that was sparsely, if at all, attested (Ashikaga, 1951).\nAlternatively, Junjirō Takakusu (apud Ashikaga, 1951) propounded that the origin was in fact Pali ullumbana, a colloquial corruption of Pali ullumpana (“raising up; saving; helping”), and that the etymology was mistakenly attributed to Sanskrit.\nThe second sense is a result of rebracketing of the word as 盂蘭 + 盆 (“basin”).",
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      },
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "langcode": "zh",
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          "orig": "zh:Buddhism",
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            "Society",
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            "Fundamental"
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          "_dis": "72 28",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese rebracketings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "helping hungry ghosts who are suffering by offering them food"
      ],
      "id": "en-盂蘭盆-zh-noun-SpPozJBC",
      "links": [
        [
          "Buddhism",
          "Buddhism"
        ],
        [
          "helping",
          "helping"
        ],
        [
          "hungry ghost",
          "hungry ghost"
        ],
        [
          "suffer",
          "suffer"
        ],
        [
          "offer",
          "offer"
        ],
        [
          "food",
          "food"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Buddhism) helping hungry ghosts who are suffering by offering them food"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Buddhism",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "basin for holding offerings to the deceased"
      ],
      "id": "en-盂蘭盆-zh-noun-Of9Burxk",
      "links": [
        [
          "basin",
          "basin"
        ],
        [
          "offering",
          "offering"
        ],
        [
          "deceased",
          "deceased"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yúlánpén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄩˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄆㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyu⁴ laan⁴ pun⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yúlánpén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yúlánpén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yü²-lan²-pʻên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yú-lán-pén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yulanpern"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "юйланьпэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jujlanʹpɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/y³⁵ län³⁵ pʰən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yùh làahn pùhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jy⁴ laan⁴ pun⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yu⁴ lan⁴ pun⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyː²¹ laːn²¹ pʰuːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hju lan bwon"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/y³⁵ län³⁵ pʰən³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyː²¹ laːn²¹ pʰuːn²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Takakusu Junjiro"
  ],
  "word": "盂蘭盆"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "盂蘭盆",
        "sort": "うらぼん",
        "tr": "hju lan bwon"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese 盂蘭盆 (hju lan bwon)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ltc",
        "2": "盂蘭盆會",
        "tr": "hju lan bwon hwajᴴ"
      },
      "expansion": "盂蘭盆會 (hju lan bwon hwajᴴ)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cmn",
        "2": "盂蘭盆",
        "tr": "yúlánpén"
      },
      "expansion": "Mandarin 盂蘭盆／盂兰盆 (yúlánpén)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "盂蘭盆會",
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      },
      "expansion": "盂蘭盆會／盂兰盆会 (yúlánpénhuì)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "-"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "4": "to raise up, to help"
      },
      "expansion": "ullumpati (“to raise up, to help”)",
      "name": "m"
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    {
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        "2": "उल्लम्बन"
      },
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "-"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "Ashikaga, 1951"
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to hang",
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "-"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
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      },
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    {
      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 盂蘭盆 (hju lan bwon) or 盂蘭盆會 (hju lan bwon hwajᴴ) (compare modern Mandarin 盂蘭盆／盂兰盆 (yúlánpén) or 盂蘭盆會／盂兰盆会 (yúlánpénhuì)), a transcription of Pali ullumpana (“raising, helping”), present participle of Pali verb ullumpati (“to raise up, to help”).\nA number of Japanese dictionaries state that this term derives from Sanskrit उल्लम्बन (ullambana), purportedly meaning “hanging upside-down” in reference to the souls of the dead being tortured in hell by being strung up by their feet. However, the Sanskrit word was sparsely, if at all, attested (Ashikaga, 1951); in addition, it would be the present participle of verb उल्लम्ब् (ullamb, “to hang”, intransitive), with no inherent “upside-down” meaning.\nMoreover, neither the purported meaning of “hanging upside-down” nor the verifiable meaning of “hanging” match the semantics very well, given that the urabon ceremonies are about helping the dead, closer in meaning to the “helping” sense of the Pali verb. This suggests that explanations of the dead hanging upside-down in hell are more likely to be folk etymologies based on a mistaken connection to the Sanskrit verb, rather than a more direct semantic link to the Pali. Alternatively, Junjirō Takakusu (apud Ashikaga, 1951) propounded that the origin was in fact Pali ullumbana, a colloquial corruption of Pali ullumpana (“raising up; saving; helping”), and that the etymology was mistakenly attributed to Sanskrit.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "盂蘭盆",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "盂",
          "う"
        ],
        [
          "蘭",
          "ら"
        ],
        [
          "盆",
          "ぼん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urabon",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "うらぼん"
      },
      "expansion": "盂(う)蘭(ら)盆(ぼん) • (urabon)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
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        {
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        {
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      "glosses": [
        "a Buddhist observance honoring the spirits of ancestors"
      ],
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      "wikipedia": [
        "Daijisen",
        "Junjirō Takakusu",
        "Kyōsuke Kindaichi",
        "Shogakukan",
        "Tōkyō",
        "ja:大辞林",
        "ja:大辞泉",
        "ja:新明解国語辞典",
        "ja:松村明"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "うらぼん"
    },
    {
      "other": "うらぼん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟ᵝɾa̠bõ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "盂蘭盆"
}

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    "Chinese rebracketings",
    "Chinese terms borrowed from Sanskrit",
    "Chinese terms derived from Sanskrit",
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    "Middle Chinese lemmas"
  ],
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    {
      "roman": "Yúlánpénhuì",
      "word": "盂蘭盆會"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Yúlánpénhuì",
      "word": "盂兰盆会"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Yúlánpénjié",
      "word": "盂蘭盆節"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Yúlánpénjié",
      "word": "盂兰盆节"
    },
    {
      "word": "盂蘭盆經"
    },
    {
      "word": "盂兰盆经"
    }
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        "zh:Buddhism"
      ],
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      ],
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        "(Buddhism) helping hungry ghosts who are suffering by offering them food"
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      ],
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        [
          "basin",
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          "offering",
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          "deceased",
          "deceased"
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yúlánpén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄩˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄆㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyu⁴ laan⁴ pun⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yúlánpén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yúlánpén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yü²-lan²-pʻên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yú-lán-pén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yulanpern"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "юйланьпэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jujlanʹpɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/y³⁵ län³⁵ pʰən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yùh làahn pùhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jy⁴ laan⁴ pun⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yu⁴ lan⁴ pun⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyː²¹ laːn²¹ pʰuːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hju lan bwon"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/y³⁵ län³⁵ pʰən³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyː²¹ laːn²¹ pʰuːn²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Takakusu Junjiro"
  ],
  "word": "盂蘭盆"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "盂蘭盆",
        "sort": "うらぼん",
        "tr": "hju lan bwon"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese 盂蘭盆 (hju lan bwon)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ltc",
        "2": "盂蘭盆會",
        "tr": "hju lan bwon hwajᴴ"
      },
      "expansion": "盂蘭盆會 (hju lan bwon hwajᴴ)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cmn",
        "2": "盂蘭盆",
        "tr": "yúlánpén"
      },
      "expansion": "Mandarin 盂蘭盆／盂兰盆 (yúlánpén)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "盂蘭盆會",
        "tr": "yúlánpénhuì"
      },
      "expansion": "盂蘭盆會／盂兰盆会 (yúlánpénhuì)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "pi",
        "3": "ullumpana",
        "4": "",
        "5": "raising, helping",
        "sort": "ほん'"
      },
      "expansion": "Pali ullumpana (“raising, helping”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pali",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "ullumpati",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to raise up, to help"
      },
      "expansion": "ullumpati (“to raise up, to help”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "उल्लम्बन"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit उल्लम्बन (ullambana)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ashikaga, 1951"
      },
      "expansion": "Ashikaga, 1951",
      "name": "zh-ref"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "उल्लम्ब्",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to hang",
        "pos": "intransitive"
      },
      "expansion": "उल्लम्ब् (ullamb, “to hang”, intransitive)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pali",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pali",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ashikaga, 1951"
      },
      "expansion": "Ashikaga, 1951",
      "name": "zh-ref"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "",
        "3": "ullumbana"
      },
      "expansion": "Pali ullumbana",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "ullumpana",
        "3": "",
        "4": "raising up; saving; helping"
      },
      "expansion": "Pali ullumpana (“raising up; saving; helping”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 盂蘭盆 (hju lan bwon) or 盂蘭盆會 (hju lan bwon hwajᴴ) (compare modern Mandarin 盂蘭盆／盂兰盆 (yúlánpén) or 盂蘭盆會／盂兰盆会 (yúlánpénhuì)), a transcription of Pali ullumpana (“raising, helping”), present participle of Pali verb ullumpati (“to raise up, to help”).\nA number of Japanese dictionaries state that this term derives from Sanskrit उल्लम्बन (ullambana), purportedly meaning “hanging upside-down” in reference to the souls of the dead being tortured in hell by being strung up by their feet. However, the Sanskrit word was sparsely, if at all, attested (Ashikaga, 1951); in addition, it would be the present participle of verb उल्लम्ब् (ullamb, “to hang”, intransitive), with no inherent “upside-down” meaning.\nMoreover, neither the purported meaning of “hanging upside-down” nor the verifiable meaning of “hanging” match the semantics very well, given that the urabon ceremonies are about helping the dead, closer in meaning to the “helping” sense of the Pali verb. This suggests that explanations of the dead hanging upside-down in hell are more likely to be folk etymologies based on a mistaken connection to the Sanskrit verb, rather than a more direct semantic link to the Pali. Alternatively, Junjirō Takakusu (apud Ashikaga, 1951) propounded that the origin was in fact Pali ullumbana, a colloquial corruption of Pali ullumpana (“raising up; saving; helping”), and that the etymology was mistakenly attributed to Sanskrit.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "盂蘭盆",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "盂",
          "う"
        ],
        [
          "蘭",
          "ら"
        ],
        [
          "盆",
          "ぼん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urabon",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "うらぼん"
      },
      "expansion": "盂(う)蘭(ら)盆(ぼん) • (urabon)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese nouns",
        "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
        "Japanese terms derived from Pali",
        "Japanese terms spelled with hyōgaiji kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms written with three Han script characters",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Middle Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a Buddhist observance honoring the spirits of ancestors"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Daijisen",
        "Junjirō Takakusu",
        "Kyōsuke Kindaichi",
        "Shogakukan",
        "Tōkyō",
        "ja:大辞林",
        "ja:大辞泉",
        "ja:新明解国語辞典",
        "ja:松村明"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "うらぼん"
    },
    {
      "other": "うらぼん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟ᵝɾa̠bõ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "盂蘭盆"
}