代だい弁べん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

speak for; act as spokesperson for; represent someone's views or feelings

Only when written 代弁 / 代辯

The main modern use. Often takes an object such as 気持ち, 意見, 声, or 不満 and means to put someone else's thoughts or feelings into words.

• その発はつ言げんは多おおくの若わか者ものの気き持もちを代だい弁べんしている。

  That statement speaks for the feelings of many young people.

• 弁べん護ご士しが被ひ害がい者しゃ家か族ぞくの思おもいを代だい弁べんした。

  The lawyer expressed the feelings of the victim's family on their behalf.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

pay on someone's behalf; payment by proxy; compensation by proxy

Only when written 代弁 / 代辨

Rare and old-fashioned or specialized compared with the speech sense. In ordinary modern Japanese, 代理で支払う, 立て替える, or 弁済する is usually clearer.

• この古ふるい文ぶん書しょでは、「代だい弁べん」は他た人にんに代かわって金かねを支し払はらうことを指さしている。

  In this old document, 代弁 refers to paying money on someone else's behalf.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

act on someone's behalf; carry something out for someone

Only when written 代弁 / 代辨

A rare broader sense of doing or carrying out something for another person. For normal modern use, 代理する or 代行する is usually the natural choice.

• 古ふるい語ご義ぎでは、「代だい弁べん」は人ひとに代かわって用よう事じを行おこなうことも意い味みした。

  In an older sense, 代弁 also meant carrying out an errand or task in someone's place.