► 名詞
弁 [(1)べん] meaning: valve rank: 4
☆ 心臓弁 ⇨ Heart valves
► 接尾辞
弁 [べん] meaning: dialect rank: 2
☆ 東北弁は東北の人以外には分かり辛い ⇨ Tohoku dialect is hard to understand for non-Tohoku people
More examples:
- 自分の立場を弁えろ ⇨ Know your position, rank, status, and act accordingly. Don’t overstep your bounds
- 彼は弁護士だ ⇨ He is an attorney
- 巨悪と戦う弁護士 (きょあく) ⇨ A lawyer who fights against big evil
- 彼は口・弁が立つ ⇨ He is good with his mouth, good at talking, arguing
- 彼はこてこての大阪弁を話す ⇨ He speaks extremely strong Osaka accents
- 逆流防止弁 ⇨ Reverse-flow preventive valves. Check valves
- 裁判官は彼に壊した設備の弁償を命じた ⇨ The judged ordered him to compensate for the equipment he had vandalized
- もう勘弁ならない ⇨ I cannot tolerate it anymore
- 彼は討論会で教育制度改革について弁論した ⇨ He discussed, contended, about the educational system restructuring in a debate
- バカな言い訳は勘弁してくれ ⇨ Please spare me with your stupid excuses
- 彼等は近所の会社に弁当を仕出している ⇨ They cook and deliver lunches to nearby businesses
- ホカホカの弁当 ⇨ A warm, still steaming, box meal
- 首相は他の選択肢が無かったと弁明した ⇨ The prime minister defended the action saying there had been no other options
- その辺でもう勘弁してあげたら？ ⇨ Why don’t you forgive him for that much (of punishment)
- 債務を弁済する ⇨ Fulfill a contract obligation