noun

  1. speech, tongue, talk, eloquence.

noun used as a suffix

  1. dialect, brogue, accent.

noun

  1. bento, Japanese box lunch. Abbreviation.
  2. petal.

noun, takes genitive case の

  1. valve.

noun

  1. Oversight Department, division of the daijokan under the ritsuryō system responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
べん
べん
べん
べん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

valve, petal, braid
ベン わきま.える べ (5th, N1)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
キョウ ク にじゅう (Kentei 1)