Word · 単語
弁明
Reading べんめい
explanation
explanation · excuse · clarification · vindication · apology
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例文 · examples
私は君の行いについて弁明を聞きたい。
I shall want an explanation of your behavior.
君は自分の不始末をどう弁明するのか。
What account can you give of your misbehavior?
長期の欠席について彼に弁明を求めた。
We called him to account for his long absence.
僕の大失敗について君に弁明する義務はない。
I am not responsible to you for my blunder.
解決には時間がかかるという彼の弁明には誰も納得しなかった。
His explanation that a solution would take time didn't satisfy anyone.