bento;  Japanese box lunch
 pardon;  forgiveness;  forbearance
 explanation (e.g. for one's actions);  excuse;  justification;  defense;  defence
 Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)
 explanation;  excuse;  clarification;  vindication;  apology
 speaking by proxy;  speaking for (someone else);  payment by proxy;  compensation by proxy;  acting for (someone else);  carrying out (on someone's behalf)
 impassioned speech;  fervent speech
 protest;  refutation;  pleading
 boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty);  sexual position in which one person stands supporting the other
 discussion;  debate;  argument
 insisting (unreasonably);  obstinate insistence
 talkativeness;  loquacity;  polypetalous;  multivalve
 artificial valve;  artificial heart valve
 to speak;  to talk;  to argue;  to manage;  to dispose of;  to carry through
 mitral valve;  bicuspid valve
 lecturer;  rhetorician;  orator;  narrator in Japanese silent cinema;  film interpreter
 to be eloquent;  to have a way with words
 eating one's lunch box before lunchtime (e.g. of a student)
 homemade bento containing food decorated to look like cute characters (from anime, etc.)
 paying one's own expenses
 Tokyo dialect;  Tokyo accent
 distinguishing;  distinction;  discrimination;  telling apart
 interpreter (in the Edo period)
 lunchbox hanging from one's waist;  low-paid office worker
 Tsugaru Dialect (Tsugaru region of Aomori Prefecture)
 narrator in Japanese silent cinema
 reparation;  indemnity;  compensation;  reimbursement
 excuse;  plea;  defense;  defence
 defense (of oneself);  defence (of oneself);  explanation
 to speak eloquently;  to talk volubly
 payment;  defrayal;  disbursement
 speech;  manner of speaking
 eloquence;  oratorical talent
 joint management;  pool;  gamopetalous;  sympetalous
 Tōhoku dialect;  Tohoku dialect
 heart valve;  cardiac valve
 valve (of the heart and the veins)
 discernment;  clear analysis;  clear expression;  distinguished speech
 Oversight Department (division of the daijokan responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices)
 independent lawyer;  lawyer with their own practice
 thick Tōhoku accent (wherein some "j" sounds become "z" sounds)
 finishing one's business;  settling an affair
 the busier you are, the better you work;  the more, the better
 electromagnetic valve;  solenoid valve
 Iyo dialect (spoken in Ehime prefecture)
 partnership between a lawyer and non-lawyer in providing law services (illegal)
 vexillum;  vane (of a feather)
 thick Tōhoku accent (wherein some "j" sounds become "z" sounds)
 Izumo dialect (spoken mostly in eastern Shimane prefecture)
 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
 something worn over tabi to keep them from getting dirty
 practising law without a license
 dialects of Japanese spoken in Eastern Tottori prefecture
 choripetalous;  polypetalous;  schizopetalous
 water regulating valve;  gate valve
 skilful debate;  well-constructed debate
 globe valve;  spherical valve;  stop valve
 keel petal (type of flower)
 globe valve;  spherical valve;  stop valve
 anal valve;  valvulae anales
 Inshū dialect (spoken in eastern Tottori)
 lunch box brought to cram school;  cram school lunch box
 thick Osaka dialect (as supposedly spoken by Hanshin Tigers fans)