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 surutransitive 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. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN