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弁べん慶けい
Meanings
Noun
1. strong person; person putting on a brave front
after the name of a 12th-century warrior monk
2. bamboo tube with holes drilled in it (used as a stand for kitchen utensils, fans, etc.)
3. checks; plaid; checked pattern
Alt. forms
弁べん慶けい
69%
ベンケイ
23%
べんけい
6%
辨べん慶けい
Kanji used
弁
dialect
慶
congratulate
Pitch accent
べ
んけい
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Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
someone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside; being a lion at home and a mouse abroad
Achilles heel; one's weak point; shin
keyboard warrior; Internet tough guy
situation in which one can move neither forward nor backward; (lit.) Benkei's last stand
situation in which one can move neither forward nor backward; (lit.) Benkei's last stand
lion at home but weakling elsewhere
orpine (any plant of family Crassulaceae, esp. the garden stonecrop, Hylotelephium erythrostictum)
roseroot (Rhodiola rosea)