• 盆地ぼんち — basin-shaped valley or plain
• 盆踊ぼんおどり — Bon dance; summer festival dance
• 盆休ぼんやすみ — Bon holiday period (mid-August)
• 盆栽ぼんさい — bonsai; miniature potted tree
• お盆おぼん — the Bon festival; also a serving tray

With the dish radical 皿さら at the bottom, 盆 suggests a container that holds something — food, offerings, or even an entire basin-shaped landscape, as in 盆地ぼんち.