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
- —唯物弁証法dialectical materialism
- —国選弁護人court-appointed attorney
- —特別弁護人special counsel
- —心臓弁膜症valvular heart disease; heart valve disease
- —高等弁務官high commissioner
- —顧問弁護士legal adviser; legal advisor; corporation lawyer; family lawyer
- —社内弁護士in-house lawyer
- —弁護士費用legal fee
- —日の丸弁当hinomaru bento (contains plain white rice with a single red umeboshi on top)
- —松花堂弁当square or rectangular bento box containing cross-shaped separators
- —官選弁護人court-appointed attorney
- —ずうずう弁thick Tōhoku accent (wherein some "j" sounds become "z" sounds)
- —自然弁証法dialectics of nature
- —弁証法神学dialectical theology
- —弁護士道徳legal ethics
- —仕出し弁当box lunches for delivery; catering meal
- —弁当を使うto eat a boxed lunch
- —幕の内弁当box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables)
- —合の子弁当children's lunch box of cooked rice and a Western-style side dish (popular late Meiji and Taisho periods)
- —世知弁足袋something worn over tabi to keep them from getting dirty