See 中元 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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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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Download raw JSONL data for 中元 meaning in Japanese (2.0kB)
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