弁護士【べんごし】
lawyer, attorney
勘弁【かんべん】
pardon, forgiveness, forbearance
答弁【とうべん】
response, reply, answer, defence, defense
合弁【ごうべん】
joint management, pool, gamopetalous, sympetalous
弁務官【べんむかん】
commissioner
弁論【べんろん】
discussion, debate, argument
口頭弁論【こうとうべんろん】
oral proceedings, oral pleadings
弁明【べんめい】
explanation, excuse, clarification, vindication, apology
雄弁【ゆうべん】
eloquence, fluency (of speech)
弁解【べんかい】
explanation (e.g. for one's actions), excuse, justification, defense, defence
駅弁【えきべん】
boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty), sexual position in which one person stands supporting the other
弁慶【べんけい】
strong 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
熱弁【ねつべん】
impassioned speech, fervent speech
代弁【だいべん】
speaking 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)
弁天【べんてん】
Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)
手弁当【てべんとう】
preparing one's own lunch, bringing one's own lunch, paying for one's own lunch, working without pay, volunteer work
弁士【べんし】
lecturer, rhetorician, orator, narrator in Japanese silent cinema, film interpreter
抗弁【こうべん】
protest, refutation, pleading
弁舌【べんぜつ】
speech, eloquence, manner of speaking, manner of expression
弁済【べんさい】
repayment, settlement (of a debt), paying off, reimbursement (of expenses)
