梵 鐘

ぼんしょう

noun

temple bell; Buddhist temple bell

1. temple bell; large hanging Buddhist bell

A large bronze bell hung in a Buddhist temple and struck from the outside with a wooden beam. Best known for being rung 108 times on New Year's Eve.

遠(とお)くで梵鐘(ぼんしょう)が鳴(な)っている。

A temple bell is ringing in the distance.

This temple's bell was cast in the Edo period.

On New Year's Eve, the temple bell is struck 108 times as the joya-no-kane.

A large bronze temple bell, struck from outside by a swinging wooden beam (撞木(しゅもく)) rather than an internal clapper.

鐘(かね): bell — the general word for any bell
除夜(じょや)の鐘(かね): the New Year's Eve bell-ringing, traditionally 108 strikes of a 梵鐘(ぼんしょう)

Related Words

general

Added 2026.5.24 12:09 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02

28000/28012_bonshou