- 1. [n] speech; tongue; talk; eloquence
- 2. [n-suf] dialect; brogue; accent
- 3. [n] bento; Japanese box lunch (abbr)
- 4. [n] petal
- 5. [n] valve
- 6. [n] Oversight Department; division of the daijokan under the ritsuryō system responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices (hist)
Kanji in this word
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弁
valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish, conical capOn: ベン (ben)、 ヘン (hen)Kun: かんむり (kanmuri)、 わきま.える (wakima.eru)、 わ.ける (wa.keru)、 はなびら (hanabira)、 あらそ.う (araso.u)