1. speech; tongue; talk; eloquence
聞こえるか聞こえないかくらいの声で、彼女は肯定の弁を述べた。She spoke words of affirmation in a voice barely audible.
2. dialect; brogue; accent
ついつい、京都弁が出てしまった。I accidentally slipped into the Kyoto dialect.
3. bento; Japanese box lunch
4. petal
5. valve
これが、心臓の弁だね。This is the heart valve.
6. Oversight Department; division of the daijokan under the ritsuryō system responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices