強強

ごわごわ

stiff, starchy

弁

べん

speech, tongue, talk, eloquence

強

きょう

a little over, a little more than

活弁

かつべん

narrator in Japanese silent cinema

弁天

べんてん

Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)

腰弁

こしべん

lunchbox hanging from one's waist, low-paid office worker

花弁

はなびら かべん

(flower) petal

妄弁

ぼうべん

incoherent talk

弁説

べんぜつ

dialectic demonstration, display of skill in explanation

弁膜

べんまく

valve (in internal organs)

通弁

つうべん

interpreter (in the Edo period)

明弁

めいべん

discernment, clear analysis

自弁

じべん

paying one's own expenses

訥弁

とつべん

slowness of speech, awkwardness of speech

弁髪

べんぱつ ベンぱつ

pigtail, queue, cue

早弁

はやべん

eating one's bento before lunchtime (e.g. of a student)

弁当

べんとう

bento, Japanese box lunch

勘弁

かんべん

pardon, forgiveness, forbearance

弁解

べんかい

justification, rationalization, pretext, explanation, exculpation, defence, defense, excuse, apology