Word Meaning 弁慶

べんけい benkei

弁慶 is read as べんけい (benkei) and means bamboo tube with holes drilled in it (used as a stand for kitchen utensils, fans, etc.).

Meaning

English

bamboo tube with holes drilled in it (used as a stand for kitchen utensils, fans, etc.)
strong person
person putting on a brave front
checks
plaid
checked pattern

Reading

Kana

べんけい

Romaji

benkei

Writing Variants

辨慶べんけい benkei

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 16882 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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)

内弁慶

うちべんけい

someone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside

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)

弁慶縞

べんけいじま

checks

弁慶蟹

べんけいがに

Sesarmops intermedium (species of grapsoid crab)

紫弁慶草

むらさきべんけいそう

orpine (Hylotelephium telephium)

Example Sentences

武蔵坊弁慶は有名な僧兵です。

むさしぼうべんけいはゆうめいなそうへいです。

musashibo benkei was a famous warrior monk.