Word Meaning 陰弁慶

かげべんけい kagebenkei

陰弁慶 is read as かげべんけい (kagebenkei) and means lion at home but weakling elsewhere.

Meaning

English

  1. lion at home but weakling elsewhere

Reading

Kana

かげべんけい

Romaji

kagebenkei

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 31 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 128720 Priority U

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.)

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

縁紅弁慶

ふちべにべんけい

jade plant (Crassula ovata)

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)

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)