Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
べん
Grade: 5
かい
Grade: 5
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
辯解 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(べん)(かい) (benkai

  1. excuse; explanation; justification

Verb edit

(べん)(かい)する (benkai surusuru (stem (べん)(かい) (benkai shi), past (べん)(かい)した (benkai shita))

  1. to make an excuse; to provide an explanation; to justify

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN