Keyword
dialect
Info
FrequencyTop 700-800
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 6
Heisig803
Old forms
Readings
べん
(92%)
びら
(4%)
Composed of
arm of a bodybuilder
both hands
Mnemonic

The body builder has "strength" written on both hands in different dialects.

Used in vocabulary (271 in total)
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
bento; Japanese box lunch
bento; Japanese box lunch
lawyer; attorney
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
(flower) petal
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
oratory; eloquence
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
reimbursement; compensation; reparation; indemnity
sophistry; sophism
impassioned speech; fervent speech
protest; refutation; pleading
counsel; defender; advocate
speech; eloquence; manner of speaking; manner of expression
Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)
convenience store lunch box
spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)
response; reply; answer; defence; defense
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
self-justification; excuse
boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty); sexual position in which one person stands supporting the other
the defence; defence side
to jabber; to chatter; to chat with
discussion; debate; argument
legal adviser; legal advisor; corporation lawyer; family lawyer
insisting (unreasonably); obstinate insistence
dialectic; dialectics
talkativeness; loquacity; polypetalous; multivalve
to speak; to talk; to argue; to manage; to dispose of; to carry through
lunchbox made with loving care by one's wife
eloquence; oratory
to be eloquent; to have a way with words
someone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside; being a lion at home and a mouse abroad
law office; lawyer's office; attorney's office
eating one's lunch box before lunchtime (e.g. of a student)
team of lawyers; defense team; defence team
lecturer; rhetorician; orator; narrator in Japanese silent cinema; film interpreter
repayment; settlement (of a debt); paying off; reimbursement (of expenses)
homemade bento containing food decorated to look like cute characters (from anime, etc.)
box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables)
nori bento
bringing one's own lunch
Tokyo dialect; Tokyo accent
speculation
Benzaiten; Saraswati; goddess of music, eloquence, also wealth and water
orator; eloquent speaker; accomplished orator
to manage; to dispose of; to carry through; to distinguish; to discriminate
distinguishing; distinction; discrimination; telling apart
preparing one's own lunch; bringing one's own lunch; paying for one's own lunch; working without pay; volunteer work
paying one's own expenses
demonstration; proof
foolish tale; nonsense
interpreter (in the Edo period)
mitral valve; bicuspid valve
joint venture (company)
box lunches for delivery; catering meal
artificial valve; artificial heart valve
reparation; indemnity; compensation; reimbursement
Achilles heel; one's weak point; shin
bento; Japanese box lunch
lunchbox hanging from one's waist; low-paid office worker
excuse; plea; defense; defence
shyster; pettifogger; unscrupulous lawyer; crooked lawyer
to speak eloquently; to talk volubly
defense (of oneself); defence (of oneself); explanation
written response; reply
Tsugaru Dialect (Tsugaru region of Aomori Prefecture)
hinomaru bento (contains plain white rice with a single red umeboshi on top)
narrator in Japanese silent cinema
pigtail; queue; cue
closing argument; closing statement
joint management; pool; gamopetalous; sympetalous
large Japanese junk
oral proceedings; oral pleadings
speech; manner of speaking
payment; defrayal; disbursement
eloquence; oratorical talent
refutation; contradiction; rebuttal; disproof; disputation
monopetalous; univalve
Attorneys-at-Law Act; Lawyer Act
Benzaiten; Saraswati; goddess of music, eloquence, also wealth and water
square or rectangular bento box containing cross-shaped separators
Tōhoku dialect; Tohoku dialect
slowness of speech; awkwardness of speech
keyboard warrior; Internet tough guy
hot bento
large Japanese junk
valvular heart disease; heart valve disease
large Japanese junk
heart valve; cardiac valve
proponent; defender; advocate
patent attorney; patent agent
valvular disease; valvular heart disease
solicitor (legal practitioner)
sophistry; sophism
double-flowered
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; UNHCR
skin flap; flap
valve (of the heart and the veins)
dialectic demonstration; display of skill in explanation
red iron oxide; rouge
lunchbox hanging from one's waist; low-paid office worker
hot bento
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
apologetics; dialectics
denunciation; criticism
flattery; cajolery; adulation
escape valve; release valve; relief valve
management
bicuspid valve; mitral valve
Oversight Department (division of the daijokan responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices)
checked pattern; plaid
discernment; clear analysis; clear expression; distinguished speech
independent lawyer; lawyer with their own practice
speaker; orator
letter of explanation; written explanation
thick Tōhoku accent (wherein some "j" sounds become "z" sounds)
the busier you are, the better you work; the more, the better
female narrator in a silent movie theatre
with rice stuck on one's face
finishing one's business; settling an affair
electromagnetic valve; solenoid valve
situation in which one can move neither forward nor backward; (lit.) Benkei's last stand
comprador; compradore; person working for a foreign company to the detriment of their own country
throttle valve
Iyo dialect (spoken in Ehime prefecture)
partnership between a lawyer and non-lawyer in providing law services (illegal)
speculative philosophy
comprador-like; being an underling to a foreign company to the detriment of one's own country
lion at home but weakling elsewhere
thick Tōhoku accent (wherein some "j" sounds become "z" sounds)
with rice stuck on one's face
Oversight Department of the Left (overseeing the Ministries of Central Affairs, Ceremonies, Civil Administration and Popular Affairs) (ritsuryo system)
opposing speech; rebuttal (in debate)
vexillum; vane (of a feather)
atrioventricular valve
large Japanese junk
gill lamella; branchial lamella; gill filament
store-bought bento
fluency; eloquence
Izumo dialect (spoken mostly in eastern Shimane prefecture)
bento; Japanese box lunch
sophistry; sophism
clerical work
sweet burdock and miso-bean paste covered with a thin layer of mochi
thick Tōhoku accent (wherein some "j" sounds become "z" sounds)
the busier you are, the better you work; the more, the better
the busier you are, the better you work; the more, the better
the busier you are, the better you work; the more, the better
incoherent talk
checks; plaid; checked pattern
not in keeping with the occasion
single-petaled flower
valve seat
lamellibranches (i.e. bivalves)
schizopetalous flower
flattery; adulation; sycophancy
apologetic (defensive) tone of voice
standard (type of flower); banner; vexillum
keel petal (type of flower)
former public prosecutor who now works as a lawyer; prosecutor-turned-lawyer
former public prosecutor who now works as a lawyer; prosecutor-turned-lawyer
repleading; pleading again
sophist school (of philosophy)
Inshū dialect (spoken in eastern Tottori)
dialects of Japanese spoken in Eastern Tottori prefecture
subrogation; subrogated performance; payment in subrogation
skilful debate; well-constructed debate
water regulating valve; gate valve
children's lunch box of cooked rice and a Western-style side dish (popular late Meiji and Taisho periods)
children's lunch box of cooked rice and a Western-style side dish (popular late Meiji and Taisho periods)
pars opercularis; orbital part of inferior frontal gyrus
thick Osaka dialect (as supposedly spoken by Hanshin Tigers fans)
something worn over tabi to keep them from getting dirty
anal valve; valvulae anales
flap; skin flap
globe valve; spherical valve; stop valve
globe valve; spherical valve; stop valve
discursive (i.e. proceeding by argument or reasoning rather than intuition)
difference threshold; differential limen
choripetalous; polypetalous; schizopetalous
payment in substitutes; accord and satisfaction; substitute performance
lunch box brought to cram school; cram school lunch box
double flower; double blossom
gamopetalous flower
gamopetalous corolla; sympetalous corolla
practising law without a license
hemostasis valve
financial supporter (of a visa applicant); financial sponsor
Sesarmops intermedium (species of grapsoid crab)
orpine (any plant of family Crassulaceae, esp. the garden stonecrop, Hylotelephium erythrostictum)
orpine (Hylotelephium telephium)
roseroot (Rhodiola rosea)
discernment; discretion; knowledge; understanding; sense
Examples (141 in total)
Everyone in the girls' class brought their own lunch.
You don't need to carry lunch with you.
I eat lunch every day at noon.