pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
bento; Japanese box lunch
bento; Japanese box lunch
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
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
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)
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
compensation; indemnification; reparation; restitution; recompense
impassioned speech; fervent speech
response; reply; answer; defence; defense
protest; refutation; pleading
counsel; defender; advocate
team of lawyers; defense team; defence team; litigation team
speech; eloquence; manner of speaking; manner of expression
the defence; defence side
discussion; debate; argument
spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)
convenience store lunch box
Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)
boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty); sexual position in which one person stands supporting the other
self-justification; excuse
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
legal adviser; legal advisor; corporation lawyer; family lawyer
to jabber; to chatter; to chat with
insisting (unreasonably); obstinate insistence; far-fetched argument; arguing against all reason
law office; lawyer's office; attorney's office
talkativeness; loquacity; polypetalous; multivalve
Japan Federation of Bar Associations
repayment; settlement (of a debt); paying off; reimbursement (of expenses)
joint management; pool; gamopetalous; sympetalous
lunchbox made with loving care by one's wife
to be eloquent; to have a way with words
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; UNHCR
to speak; to talk; to argue; to manage; to dispose of; to carry through
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.)
closing argument; closing statement
nori bento; heavily redacted document
box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables)
Benzaiten; Saraswati; goddess of music, eloquence, art, wealth and water
Tokyo dialect; Tokyo accent
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; OHCHR
orator; eloquent speaker; accomplished orator
to manage; to dispose of; to carry through; to distinguish; to discriminate
distinguishing; distinction; discrimination; telling apart
paying one's own expenses
Attorneys-at-Law Act; Lawyer Act
box lunches for delivery; catering meal
oral proceedings; oral pleadings
preparing one's own lunch; bringing one's own lunch; paying for one's own lunch; working without pay; volunteer work
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
mitral valve; bicuspid valve
artificial valve; artificial heart valve
Achilles heel; one's weak point; shin
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; UNHCR
reparation; indemnity; compensation; reimbursement
bento; Japanese box lunch
lunchbox hanging from one's waist; low-paid office worker
shyster; pettifogger; unscrupulous lawyer; crooked lawyer
speculative; contemplative; theoretical; abstract
excuse; plea; defense; defence
Daini Tokyo Bar Association
hinomaru bento (contains plain white rice with a single red umeboshi on top)
defense (of oneself); defence; explanation
Benten Kozō (main character of the play Aoto Zōshi Hana no Nishiki-e)
to speak eloquently; to talk volubly
nori bento; heavily redacted document
patent attorney; patent agent
speech; manner of speaking
Tōhoku dialect; Tohoku dialect
payment; defrayal; disbursement
eloquence; oratorical talent
slowness of speech; awkwardness of speech
Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association
letter of explanation; written explanation
square or rectangular bento box containing cross-shaped separators
boxed lunch eaten at a film or TV shoot
oratory; art of public speaking
Benzaiten; Saraswati; goddess of music, eloquence, art, wealth and water
solicitor (legal practitioner)
refutation; contradiction; rebuttal; disproof; disputation
control valve; regulating valve; something that maintains equilibrium or balance
keyboard warrior; Internet tough guy
heart valve; cardiac valve
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Apology (Plato); The Apology of Socrates
valvular heart disease; heart valve disease
valvular disease; valvular heart disease
proponent; defender; advocate
town lawyer; community lawyer; local lawyer
mitral regurgitation; mitral insufficiency; mitral incompetence
valve (of the heart and the veins)
red iron oxide; red ocher
lunchbox hanging from one's waist; low-paid office worker
dialectic demonstration; display of skill in explanation
man who makes his own lunch to take to work
minor local college; small-time university
speech is silver, silence is golden
situation in which one can move neither forward nor backward; (lit.) Benkei's last stand
convenience store lunch box
flattery; cajolery; adulation
escape valve; release valve; relief valve
bicuspid valve; mitral valve
management; disposition; handling
Japan Patent Attorneys Association
independent lawyer; lawyer with their own practice
with rice stuck on one's face
discernment; clear analysis; clear expression; distinguished speech
boxed lunch sold at airports
Oversight Department (under the Department of State of the ritsuryō system)
thick Tōhoku accent (wherein some "j" sounds become "z" sounds)
female narrator in a silent movie theatre
situation in which one can move neither forward nor backward; (lit.) Benkei's last stand
the busier you are, the better you work; the more, the better
Mikawa dialect (spoken in the eastern half of Aichi Prefecture, former Mikawa Province)
electromagnetic valve; solenoid valve
finishing one's business; settling an affair
opposing speech; rebuttal (in debate)
Iyo dialect (spoken in Ehime prefecture)
labellum; lip; velum (in molluscs, medusae, etc.)
intermediary in China conducting business with foreign countries; comprador; compradore; person working for a foreign company to the detriment of their own country
partnership between a lawyer and non-lawyer in providing law services (illegal)
lion at home but weakling elsewhere
comprador-like; being an underling to a foreign company to the detriment of one's own country
with rice stuck on one's face
subrogation; subrogated performance; payment in subrogation
town lawyer; community lawyer; local lawyer
Oversight Department of the Left (overseeing the Ministries of Central Affairs, Ceremonies, Civil Administration and Popular Affairs; ritsuryō system)
gill lamella; branchial lamella; gill filament
payment in substitutes; accord and satisfaction; substitute performance
thick Tōhoku accent (wherein some "j" sounds become "z" sounds)
apologetic (defensive) tone of voice
the busier you are, the better you work; the more, the better
Izumo dialect (spoken mostly in eastern Shimane prefecture)
bento; Japanese box lunch
town lawyer; community lawyer; local lawyer
town lawyer; community lawyer; local lawyer
sweet burdock and miso-bean paste covered with a thin layer of mochi
speech is silver, silence is golden
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
cauliflower fungus (Sparassis crispa); cauliflower mushroom
not in keeping with the occasion
checks; plaid; checked pattern
lamellibranches (i.e. bivalves)
flattery; adulation; sycophancy
standard (type of flower); banner; vexillum
keel petal (type of flower)
speech is silver, silence is golden
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
Inshū dialect (spoken in eastern Tottori)
dialects of Japanese spoken in Eastern Tottori prefecture
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
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
lunch box brought to cram school; cram school lunch box
double flower; double blossom
gamopetalous corolla; sympetalous corolla
practising law without a license
financial supporter (of a visa applicant); financial sponsor
Nambu dialect (spoken in western Aomori)
triple valve; three-state valve
(incompetent) lawyer who merely discloses the IP addresses of people who make defamatory comments online (without pursuing further legal action)
boxed lunch sold at highway rest areas
Japan Federation of Bar Associations (abbr)
Japan Attorneys Pension Fund
American Bar Association; ABA
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
jade plant (Crassula ovata); money plant