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Meaning of 弁明 in Japanese
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弁明
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Kana Readingべんめい
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Romajibenmei
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
- Meaning
- explanation; excuse; vindication; apology
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Examples of 弁明, べんめい in a sentence
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I am not responsible to you for my blunder.
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We called him to account for his long absence.
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I shall want an explanation of your behavior.
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What account can you give of your misbehavior?
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His explanation that a solution would take time didn't satisfy anyone.
Related Kanji
弁
JLPT 1
5 strokes
valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish
On'Yomi: ベン, ヘン
Kun'Yomi: わきま.える, わ.ける, はなびら, あらそ.う
明
JLPT 4
8 strokes
bright, light
On'Yomi: メイ, ミョウ, ミン
Kun'Yomi: あ.かり, あか.るい, あか.るむ, あか.らむ, あき.らか, あ.ける, -あ.け, あ.く, あ.くる, あ.かす