代弁

Japanese

Kanji in this term
だい
Grade: 3
べん
Grade: 5
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
代辯 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

(だい) (dai-, substitute, in substitution for someone else) + (べん) (ben, speech)

Pronunciation

Noun

(だい)(べん) (daiben) 

  1. speaking on behalf of someone else

Verb

(だい)(べん)する (daiben suru) transitive suru (stem (だい)(べん) (daiben shi), past (だい)(べん)した (daiben shita))

  1. to speak on behalf of another

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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