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弁解 (べんかい): explanation, justification, excuse — Japanese vocabulary

弁解 is read べんかい and means "explanation, justification, excuse". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

弁解

Reading
べんかい · benkai
Translation
explanation, justification, excuse
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
べんかいが

Example

彼は私の弁解を認めてくれなかった。

かれはわたしのべんかいをみとめてくれなかった。

He did not accept my apologies.

Kanji in this word

  • 弁 — valve, speech
  • 解 — solve, untie

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