代弁

Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

代(だい)弁(べん) • (daiben) 

  1. speaking on behalf of someone else

Verb

代(だい)弁(べん)する • (daiben suru) transitive suru (stem 代(だい)弁(べん)し (daiben shi), past 代(だい)弁(べん)した (daiben shita))

  1. to speak on behalf of another

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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