弁

Meaning

弁 centers on separating or distinguishing things, which extends naturally to speech (articulating distinctions), petals (separate parts of a flower), braids (interwoven strands), valves (controlling flow), and conical caps (a distinct headpiece). The idea of discrimination and disposing of something also fits this core of setting apart.

• 弁護士べんごし
  N4

  lawyer; attorney

• 弁当べんとう
  N4

  bento; Japanese box lunch

• 弁べん

  speech; tongue; talk; eloquence

• 勘弁かんべん
  N1

  pardon; forgiveness; forbearance

• 弁護べんご
  N1

  defense; defence; pleading; advocacy

• 答弁とうべん
  N1

  response; reply; answer; defence; defense

• 代弁だいべん
  N1

  speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); acting as spokesman (for); representing (the views, feelings, etc. of)

• 弁明べんめい
  N1

  explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology

• 駅弁えきべん
  N1

  boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty)

• 弁論べんろん
  N1

  discussion; debate; argument

• 弁慶べんけい

  strong person; person putting on a brave front

• 弁解べんかい
  N1

  explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence

• 弁済べんさい
  N1

  repayment; settlement (of a debt); paying off; reimbursement (of expenses)

• 合弁ごうべん

  joint management; pool

• 弁償べんしょう
  N1

  compensation; indemnification; reparation; restitution; recompense

• 雄弁ゆうべん

  eloquence; fluency (of speech)

• 熱弁ねつべん

  impassioned speech; fervent speech

• 弁えるわきまえる
  N1

  to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish

• 弁舌べんぜつ

  speech; eloquence; manner of speaking; manner of expression

• 弁務官べんむかん

  commissioner

• 弁護人べんごにん

  counsel; defender; advocate

• 口頭弁論こうとうべんろん

  oral proceedings; oral pleadings

• お弁当おべんとう
  N5

  bento; Japanese box lunch

• 関西弁かんさいべん

  Kansai dialect

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