Kanji1 / 5
弁 kanji
valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish, conical cap
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
ベンヘン
Kun readings
かんむりわきまえるわけるはなびらあらそう
Variant forms
瓣辧辨辮辯Words with 弁
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —弁証法的dialectic
- —合弁会社joint venture (company)
- —愛妻弁当lunchbox made with loving care by one's wife
- —思弁哲学speculative philosophy
- —弁別素性distinctive feature
- —自己弁護self-justification; excuse
- —合弁事業joint venture
- —最終弁論closing argument; closing statement
- —反対弁論opposing speech; rebuttal (in debate)
- —有罪答弁guilty plea
- —弁当持参bringing one's own lunch
- —弁明口調apologetic (defensive) tone of voice
- —弁が立つto be eloquent; to have a way with words
- —国会答弁answers in the Diet
- —再度弁論repleading; pleading again
- —詭弁学派Sophists
- —紫弁慶草orpine (Hylotelephium telephium)
- —逃がし弁escape valve; release valve; relief valve
- —代位弁済subrogation; subrogated performance; payment in subrogation
- —弁当包みlunch package