Moto 弁: Valve; Petal; BraidKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ベン、ヘン
- Kun'yomi
- かんむり、わきま(える)、わ(ける)、はなびら、あらそ(う)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, grade 5
- Words
- 270 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ベン・ヘン)
- 弁護士べんごしlawyer; attorney
- 答弁とうべんresponse; reply
- 合弁ごうべんjoint management; pool
- 弁護べんごdefense; defence
- 弁当べんとうbento; Japanese box lunch
- 弁務官べんむかんcommissioner
- 弁べんspeech; tongue
- 弁護人べんごにんcounsel; defender
- 弁論べんろんdiscussion; debate
- 口頭弁論こうとうべんろんoral proceedings; oral pleadings
- 弁明べんめいexplanation; excuse
- 雄弁ゆうべんoratory; eloquence
- 弁解べんかいexplanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse
- 駅弁えきべんboxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty)
- 弁慶べんけいstrong person; person putting on a brave front
- 熱弁ねつべんimpassioned speech; fervent speech
- お弁当おべんとうbento; Japanese box lunch
- 代弁だいべんspeaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else)
- 勘弁かんべんpardon; forgiveness
- 多弁たべんtalkativeness; loquacity
- 奇弁きべんsophistry; sophism
- 安全弁あんぜんべんsafety valve
- 弁償べんしょうreimbursement; compensation
- 弁士べんしlecturer; rhetorician
- 弁天べんてんBenten (goddess of arts and wisdom)
- 弁済べんさいrepayment; settlement (of a debt)
- 弁理士べんりしpatent attorney; patent agent
- 弁舌べんぜつspeech; eloquence
- 強弁きょうべんinsisting (unreasonably); obstinate insistence
- 手弁当てべんとうpreparing one's own lunch; bringing one's own lunch
- 抗弁こうべんprotest; refutation
- 活弁かつべんnarrator in Japanese silent cinema
- お弁当つけておべんとうつけてwith rice stuck on one's face
- お弁当付けておべんとうつけてwith rice stuck on one's face
- ずうずう弁ずうずうべんthick Tōhoku accent (wherein some "j" sounds become "z" sounds)
- のり弁のりべんnori bento
- ほかほか弁当ほかほかべんとうhot bento
- キャラ弁キャラべんhomemade bento containing food decorated to look like cute characters (from anime, etc.)
- コンビニ弁当コンビニべんとうconvenience store lunch box
- ネット弁慶ネットべんけいkeyboard warrior; Internet tough guy
- ホカ弁ホカべんhot bento
- ボス弁ボスべんindependent lawyer; lawyer with their own practice
- ヤメ検弁護士ヤメけんべんごしformer public prosecutor who now works as a lawyer; prosecutor-turned-lawyer
- ワンコイン弁当ワンコインべんとう500-yen bento
- 三尖弁さんせんべんtricuspid valve
- 九州弁きゅうしゅうべんKyushu dialect
- 事務弁護士じむべんごしsolicitor (legal practitioner)
- 二尖弁にせんべんbicuspid valve; mitral valve
- 人工弁じんこうべんartificial valve; artificial heart valve
- 人工心臓弁じんこうしんぞうべんartificial heart valve
- 仕出し弁当しだしべんとうbox lunches for delivery; catering meal
- 代位弁済だいいべんさいsubrogation; subrogated performance
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 弁えるわきまえるto discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate
Other readings
- 花弁はなびら(flower) petal
- ずーずー弁ずうずうべんthick Tōhoku accent (wherein some "j" sounds become "z" sounds)
- ほか弁ホカべんhot bento
- やめ検弁護士ヤメけんべんごしformer public prosecutor who now works as a lawyer; prosecutor-turned-lawyer
- ズーズー弁ずうずうべんthick Tōhoku accent (wherein some "j" sounds become "z" sounds)
- ホカホカ弁当ほかほかべんとうhot bento
- 世知弁足袋せちべんたびsomething worn over tabi to keep them from getting dirty
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