弁べん慶けい

noun

strong person; tough-looking person; person putting on a brave front

Allusive use based on the image of the warrior monk Benkei. Often suggests great strength or someone acting tough; as an ordinary common noun it is less common than direct words such as 力持ち.

• 彼かれは弁べん慶けいのような大おお男おとこで、重おもい荷に物もつを軽けい々けいと運はこんだ。

  He was a Benkei-like giant and carried the heavy luggage with ease.

• 彼かれは弁べん慶けいを気き取どっていたが、本ほん当とうは怖こわがっていた。

  He was putting on a tough front, but in fact he was scared.

noun

bamboo utensil stand; bamboo tube stand with holes

Traditional object name for a bamboo tube with holes used to stand kitchen utensils, fans, or similar items upright. This is a specialized and uncommon sense.

• 古ふるい台だい所どころでは、竹たけの弁べん慶けいに箸はしやしゃもじを差さしておいた。

  In old kitchens, chopsticks and rice paddles were kept inserted in a bamboo benkei stand.

noun

checks; plaid; checked pattern

Textile term used as an abbreviation of 弁慶縞, a checked or plaid pattern. It is not the general everyday word for any check pattern.

See also: 弁慶縞

• 織おり物ものの説せつ明めいで「弁べん慶けい」とあれば、弁べん慶けい縞じまを略りゃくしている場ば合あいがある。

  When a textile description says “benkei,” it may be abbreviating benkei-jima, a checked pattern.