bento; Japanese box lunch
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
bento; Japanese box lunch
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
counsel; defender; advocate
Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
eloquence; fluency (of speech)
compensation; indemnification; reparation; restitution; recompense
impassioned speech; fervent speech
protest; refutation; pleading
speech; eloquence; manner of speaking; manner of expression
the defence; defence side
boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty); sexual position in which one person stands supporting the other
convenience store lunch box
spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)
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
response; reply; answer; defence; defense
self-justification; excuse
discussion; debate; argument
insisting (unreasonably); obstinate insistence; far-fetched argument; arguing against all reason
legal adviser; legal advisor; corporation lawyer; family lawyer
talkativeness; loquacity; polypetalous; multivalve
artificial valve; artificial heart valve
lunchbox made with loving care by one's wife
to speak; to talk; to argue; to manage; to dispose of; to carry through
law office; lawyer's office; attorney's office
to be eloquent; to have a way with words
eating one's lunch box before lunchtime (e.g. of a student)
someone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside; being a lion at home and a mouse abroad
lecturer; rhetorician; orator; narrator in Japanese silent cinema; film interpreter
homemade bento containing food decorated to look like cute characters (from anime, etc.)
repayment; settlement (of a debt); paying off; reimbursement (of expenses)
mitral valve; bicuspid valve
nori bento; heavily redacted document
paying one's own expenses
Benzaiten; Saraswati; goddess of music, eloquence, art, wealth and water
Tokyo dialect; Tokyo accent
box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables)
orator; eloquent speaker; accomplished orator
team of lawyers; defense team; defence team; litigation team
to manage; to dispose of; to carry through; to distinguish; to discriminate
distinguishing; distinction; discrimination; telling apart
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
lunchbox hanging from one's waist; low-paid office worker
preparing one's own lunch; bringing one's own lunch; paying for one's own lunch; working without pay; volunteer work
box lunches for delivery; catering meal
shyster; pettifogger; unscrupulous lawyer; crooked lawyer
Benten Kozō (main character of the play Aoto Zōshi Hana no Nishiki-e)
Achilles heel; one's weak point; shin
reparation; indemnity; compensation; reimbursement
speculative; contemplative; theoretical; abstract
oral proceedings; oral pleadings
closing argument; closing statement
excuse; plea; defense; defence
defense (of oneself); defence; explanation
hinomaru bento (contains plain white rice with a single red umeboshi on top)
to speak eloquently; to talk volubly
payment; defrayal; disbursement
speech; manner of speaking
square or rectangular bento box containing cross-shaped separators
eloquence; oratorical talent
boxed lunch eaten at a film or TV shoot
joint management; pool; gamopetalous; sympetalous
Apology (Plato); The Apology of Socrates
Attorneys-at-Law Act; Lawyer Act
oratory; art of public speaking
slowness of speech; awkwardness of speech
valvular heart disease; heart valve disease
Tōhoku dialect; Tohoku dialect
refutation; contradiction; rebuttal; disproof; disputation
heart valve; cardiac valve
keyboard warrior; Internet tough guy
solicitor (legal practitioner)
patent attorney; patent agent
proponent; defender; advocate
town lawyer; community lawyer; local lawyer
valvular disease; valvular heart disease
valve (of the heart and the veins)
mitral regurgitation; mitral insufficiency; mitral incompetence
red iron oxide; red ocher
lunchbox hanging from one's waist; low-paid office worker
control valve; regulating valve; something that maintains equilibrium or balance
dialectic demonstration; display of skill in explanation
man who makes his own lunch to take to work
situation in which one can move neither forward nor backward; (lit.) Benkei's last stand
minor local college; small-time university
management; disposition; handling
speech is silver, silence is golden
convenience store lunch box
flattery; cajolery; adulation
bicuspid valve; mitral valve
escape valve; release valve; relief valve
with rice stuck on one's face
letter of explanation; written explanation
discernment; clear analysis; clear expression; distinguished speech
boxed lunch sold at airports
Oversight Department (under the Department of State of the ritsuryō system)
independent lawyer; lawyer with their own practice
the busier you are, the better you work; the more, the better
thick Tōhoku accent (wherein some "j" sounds become "z" sounds)
female narrator in a silent movie theatre
finishing one's business; settling an affair
Mikawa dialect (spoken in the eastern half of Aichi Prefecture, former Mikawa Province)
electromagnetic valve; solenoid valve
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; UNHCR
opposing speech; rebuttal (in debate)
intermediary in China conducting business with foreign countries; comprador; compradore; person working for a foreign company to the detriment of their own country
Iyo dialect (spoken in Ehime prefecture)
partnership between a lawyer and non-lawyer in providing law services (illegal)
Izumo dialect (spoken mostly in eastern Shimane prefecture)
Japan Federation of Bar Associations
apologetic (defensive) tone of voice
payment in substitutes; accord and satisfaction; substitute performance
comprador-like; being an underling to a foreign company to the detriment of one's own country
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; UNHCR
Oversight Department of the Left (overseeing the Ministries of Central Affairs, Ceremonies, Civil Administration and Popular Affairs; ritsuryō system)
labellum; lip; velum (in molluscs, medusae, etc.)
lion at home but weakling elsewhere
gill lamella; branchial lamella; gill filament
children's lunch box of cooked rice and a Western-style side dish (popular late Meiji and Taisho periods)
Japan Patent Attorneys Association
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; OHCHR
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Japan Federation of Bar Associations (abbr)
Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association
triple valve; three-state valve
Japan Attorneys Pension Fund
something worn over tabi to keep them from getting dirty
Nambu dialect (spoken in western Aomori)
pars opercularis; orbital part of inferior frontal gyrus
Daini Tokyo Bar Association
practising law without a license
gamopetalous corolla; sympetalous corolla
repleading; pleading again
discursive (i.e. proceeding by argument or reasoning rather than intuition)
financial supporter (of a visa applicant); financial sponsor
dialects of Japanese spoken in Eastern Tottori prefecture
American Bar Association; ABA
double flower; double blossom
choripetalous; polypetalous; schizopetalous
water regulating valve; gate valve
former public prosecutor who now works as a lawyer; prosecutor-turned-lawyer
subrogation; subrogated performance; payment in subrogation
skilful debate; well-constructed debate
difference threshold; differential limen
speech is silver, silence is golden
globe valve; spherical valve; stop valve
boxed lunch sold at highway rest areas
keel petal (type of flower)
(incompetent) lawyer who merely discloses the IP addresses of people who make defamatory comments online (without pursuing further legal action)
anal valve; valvulae anales
lamellibranches (i.e. bivalves)
Inshū dialect (spoken in eastern Tottori)
standard (type of flower); banner; vexillum
thick Osaka dialect (as supposedly spoken by Hanshin Tigers fans)
lunch box brought to cram school; cram school lunch box
checks; plaid; checked pattern
flattery; adulation; sycophancy
orpine (any plant of family Crassulaceae, esp. the garden stonecrop, Hylotelephium erythrostictum)
orpine (Hylotelephium telephium)
jade plant (Crassula ovata); money plant
roseroot (Rhodiola rosea)
Sesarmops intermedium (species of grapsoid crab)