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Freq #11345
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弁/辯 only; Common noun

speech; tongue; talk; eloquence

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弁/辯 only; Noun, used as a suffix

dialect; brogue; accent

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弁/辨 only; Abbreviation; Common noun

bento; Japanese box lunch

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弁/瓣 only; Common noun

petal

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弁/瓣 only; Common noun

valve

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弁/辨 only; Historical term; Common noun

Oversight Department; division of the daijokan under the ritsuryō system responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices

弁解んかいNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #7716
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explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence

Examples
その失策には弁解の余地がない。
This fault admits of no excuse.
弁明んめい辨明Noun~の Adj.Transitive~する VerbFreq #12151
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explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology

Examples
君は自分の不始末をどう弁明するのか。
What account can you give of your misbehavior?
雄弁うべんNoun~な Adj.Freq #14763
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eloquence; fluency (of speech)

Examples
その少年は次第に雄弁になった。
The boy became more eloquent.
代弁いべん代辨NounTransitive~する VerbFreq #14815
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代弁/代辯 only

speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); acting as spokesman (for); representing (the views, feelings, etc. of)

Examples
彼女は家のない人々の代弁をした。
She spoke for the homeless.
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代弁/代辨 only

payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; paying on behalf (of)

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代弁/代辨 only

acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)

弁護んごNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #15640
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defense; defence; pleading; advocacy

Examples
まことにすみませんが、私のために弁護していただけませんか。
Would you be kind enough to put in a word for me?
詭弁べん奇弁危弁NounFreq #19321
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sophistry; sophism

熱弁つべんNounFreq #21078
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impassioned speech; fervent speech

抗弁うべんNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #27310
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protest; refutation; pleading

関西弁んさいべん関西NounFreq #29408
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Kansai dialect

弁舌んぜつNounFreq #31868
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speech; eloquence; manner of speaking; manner of expression

Examples
弁舌は銀、沈黙は金。
Speech is silver, silence is golden.
弁天んてん辨天NounFreq #35762
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Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)

代弁者いべんしゃNounFreq #39348
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spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)

Examples
誰が代弁者になるか。
Who will act as spokesman?
答弁うべんNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #40243
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response; reply; answer; defence; defense

Examples
首相の答弁は玉虫色だった。
The prime minister's answer was equivocal.
弁論んろんNoun~の Adj.Transitive~する VerbFreq #48121
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discussion; debate; argument

Examples
その学生は、自分の弁論に対して審査員が批判的に述べたことをひどく気にした。
The student took to heart the judge's critical comments on his speech.
強弁ょうべんNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #50650
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insisting (unreasonably); obstinate insistence; far-fetched argument; arguing against all reason

多弁べんFreq #54142
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Common noun; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

talkativeness; loquacity; garrulousness; volubility

Examples
多弁の人は多く誤る。
He that talks much, errs much.
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Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Botany

polypetalous

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Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Zoology

multivalve

能弁うべんNoun~な Adj.Freq #61927
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eloquence; oratory

弁士んしNounFreq #74365
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lecturer; rhetorician; orator

Examples
彼らは、弁士を大いにほめた。
They paid a high compliment to the speaker.
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Historical term

narrator in Japanese silent cinema; film interpreter

弁財天弁才天んざいてんべざいてん (弁財天/弁才天)辨財天才天NounFreq #84733
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Buddhism

Benzaiten; Saraswati; goddess of music, eloquence, also wealth and water

弁証んしょう辨証NounTransitive~する VerbFreq #98845
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dialectic proof

駄弁べんNounFreq #99712
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foolish tale; nonsense

弁疏んそNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #114136
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Formal or literary term

excuse; plea; defense; defence

陳弁んべんNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #119958
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defense (of oneself); defence; explanation