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Examples
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Many Japanese investors take summer leave around this time of the year, a period called obon.
Week in Words Erin McKean 2011
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But the gains in the Tokyo market lost some steam toward the end of the session in thin trading as many investors were absent due to Japan's "obon" summer holiday.
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Gone Fishin' obon The euro-buying wasn't that aggressive, but the impact of these orders was magnified due to Tokyo's thin trading volume, traders said.
Week in Words Erin McKean 2011
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The people were inside the gathering hall, beginning the closing ceremony of obon.
Blood Ninja II Nick Lake 2010
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Some of the children stood off to the side, laughing and singing one of the little obon songs.
Blood Ninja II Nick Lake 2010
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They are real and the dragonflies must be real as well, and they were free to take human form again for obon, but now they must be crabs once more.
Blood Ninja II Nick Lake 2010
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His spirit must have returned for obon and been drawn to Taro.
Blood Ninja II Nick Lake 2010
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He did not understand how it could be that she had not returned with the other spirits at the end of obon, and a chill went through him when he thought of it.
Blood Ninja II Nick Lake 2010
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From talking to Hayao and his neighbor, I believe she was able to locate him during obon, when the spirits of the dead are drawn to those with whom they share karmic connections.
Blood Ninja II Nick Lake 2010
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It was obon when I arrived, and the spirits of the dead were loose in the world.
Blood Ninja II Nick Lake 2010
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