Word Meaning 内弁慶

うちべんけい uchibenkei

内弁慶 is read as うちべんけい (uchibenkei) and means someone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside.

Meaning

English

someone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside
being a lion at home and a mouse abroad

Reading

Kana

うちべんけい

Romaji

uchibenkei

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 80165 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

弁慶

べんけい

bamboo tube with holes drilled in it (used as a stand for kitchen utensils, fans, etc.)

岩弁慶

いわべんけい

roseroot (Rhodiola rosea)

ネット弁慶

ねっとべんけい

keyboard warrior

陰弁慶

かげべんけい

lion at home but weakling elsewhere

縁紅弁慶

ふちべにべんけい

jade plant (Crassula ovata)

幕の内弁当

まくのうちべんとう

box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables)

社内弁護士

しゃないべんごし

in-house lawyer

弁慶格子

べんけいごうし

checked pattern

弁慶の立往生

べんけいのたちおうじょう

situation in which one can move neither forward nor backward

弁慶の泣き所

べんけいのなきどころ

Achilles heel

弁慶草

べんけいそう

orpine (any plant of family Crassulaceae, esp. the garden stonecrop, Hylotelephium erythrostictum)

紫弁慶草

むらさきべんけいそう

orpine (Hylotelephium telephium)