疏

detailed commentary; explanation; annotation

上疏

じょうそ

reporting to the emperor

注疏

ちゅうそ

(detailed) commentary, notes, comments

疏注

そちゅう

notes, comment, remark, annotation

弁

べん

speech, tongue, talk, eloquence

弁説

べんぜつ

dialectic demonstration, display of skill in explanation

自弁

じべん

paying one's own expenses

訥弁

とつべん

slowness of speech, awkwardness of speech

弁天

べんてん

Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)

強弁

きょうべん

insisting (unreasonably), obstinate insistence

活弁

かつべん

narrator in Japanese silent cinema

花弁

はなびら かべん

(flower) petal

弁髪

べんぱつ ベンぱつ

pigtail, queue, cue

弁官

べんかん おおともいのつかさ

Oversight Department (division of the daijokan responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices)

弁柄

べんがら ベンガラ

red iron oxide, rouge

ボス弁

ボスべん

independent lawyer; lawyer with their own practice

弁解

べんかい

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

勘弁

かんべん

pardon, forgiveness, forbearance

代弁

だいべん

pay by proxy, act for another, speak for another