"中元" meaning in Japanese

See 中元 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [t͡ɕɨːɡẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 中元 [canonical] (ruby: 中(ちゅう), 元(げん)), chūgen [romanization], tyuugen [romanization], ちゆうげん [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|ちゅうげん|hhira=ちゆうげん}} 中(ちゅう)元(げん) • (chūgen) ^(←ちゆうげん (tyuugen)?)
  1. the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, a Taoist date of importance(one of the 三元(さんげん) (sangen, “three Taoist festivals”)), now conflated in Japan with the Buddhist 盂蘭(うら)盆(ぼん)会(え) (urabon'e); see Ghost Festival#Japan Categories (topical): Calendar
    Sense id: en-中元-ja-noun--qxHc5W4 Disambiguation of Calendar: 56 44 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 36 9 31 24 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 73 27 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 73 27 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 54 46 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 73 27
  2. a present given around this time of the year in gratitude
    Sense id: en-中元-ja-noun-PV0k269K Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 36 9 31 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 33 67 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: お中元 (o-chūgen) (ruby: 中元(ちゅうげん)) [honorific, present] 
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        "the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, a Taoist date of importance(one of the 三元(さんげん) (sangen, “three Taoist festivals”)), now conflated in Japan with the Buddhist 盂蘭(うら)盆(ぼん)会(え) (urabon'e); see Ghost Festival#Japan"
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        "a present given around this time of the year in gratitude"
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Download raw JSONL data for 中元 meaning in Japanese (1.9kB)

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