弁 （ベン） speech, tongue, talk, eloquence, dialect, brogue, accent, bento, Japanese box lunch, petal, valve, Oversight Department, division of the daijokan under the ritsuryō system responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices

弁解 （ベンカイ） explanation (e.g. for one's actions), excuse, justification, defense, defence

熱弁 （ネツベン） impassioned speech, fervent speech

強弁 （キョウベン） insisting (unreasonably), obstinate insistence, far-fetched argument, arguing against all reason

弁える （わきまえる） to discern (e.g. right from wrong), to discriminate, to distinguish, to know (manners, one's place, etc.), to understand, to bear in mind