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弁慶 べんけい

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

弁慶の泣き所 べんけいのなきどころ

  1. Achilles heel; one's weak point; shin

弁慶の立ち往生 べんけいのたちおうじょう

  1. Benkei's last stand; situation in which one can move neither forward nor backward

弁慶格子 べんけいごうし

  1. checked pattern; plaid

弁慶縞 べんけいじま

  1. checked pattern; checks; plaid

弁慶草 べんけいそう

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

弁慶蟹 べんけいがに

  1. Sesarmops intermedium (species of grapsoid crab)

陰弁慶 かげべんけい

  1. lion at home but weakling elsewhere

内弁慶 うちべんけい

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

紫弁慶草 むらさきべんけいそう

  1. orpine (Hylotelephium telephium)
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