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
- N5お弁当Popularbento; Japanese box lunch
- N3弁当Popularbento; Japanese box lunch
- N1勘弁Popularpardon; forgiveness; forbearance
- N1代弁Popularspeaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); acting as spokesman (for); representing (the views, feelings, etc. of); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; paying on behalf (of); acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
- N1弁解Popularexplanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
- N1弁護Populardefense; defence; pleading; advocacy
- N1弁償Popularcompensation; indemnification; reparation; restitution; recompense
- N1弁論Populardiscussion; debate; argument
- —弁Popularspeech; tongue; talk; eloquence; dialect; brogue; accent; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal; valve; Oversight Department; division of the daijokan under the ritsuryō system responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices
- —駅弁Popularboxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty); sexual position in which one person stands supporting the other
- —合弁Popularjoint management; pool; gamopetalous; sympetalous
- —答弁Popularresponse; reply; answer; defence; defense
- —熱弁Popularimpassioned speech; fervent speech
- —弁慶Popularstrong person; person putting on a brave front; bamboo tube with holes drilled in it (used as a stand for kitchen utensils, fans, etc.); checks; plaid; checked pattern
- —弁済Popularrepayment; settlement (of a debt); paying off; reimbursement (of expenses)
- —弁舌Popularspeech; eloquence; manner of speaking; manner of expression
- —弁明Popularexplanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
- —雄弁Populareloquence; fluency (of speech)
- —関西弁PopularKansai dialect
- —弁護士Popularlawyer; attorney