JLPT N1 · Noun / suru verb

代弁 (daiben)

代弁 (だいべん, daiben) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else)”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
だいべん
Romaji
daiben
Word class
Noun + する (suru verb)
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); acting as spokesman (for); representing (the views, feelings, etc. of) · noun, suru verb, transitive
  2. payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; paying on behalf (of) · noun, suru verb, transitive
  3. acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf) · noun, suru verb, transitive

Example sentences

彼女は家のない人々の代弁をした。
She spoke for the homeless.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 代弁

Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary代弁するだいべんする daibensuru
Polite (~masu)代弁しますだいべんします daibenshimasu
Negative代弁しないだいべんしない daibenshinai
Polite negative代弁しませんだいべんしません daibenshimasen
Past代弁しただいべんした daibenshita
Polite past代弁しましただいべんしました daibenshimashita
Negative past代弁しなかっただいべんしなかった daibenshinakatta
Te-form代弁してだいべんして daibenshite
Potential代弁できるだいべんできる daibendekiru
Passive代弁されるだいべんされる daibensareru
Causative代弁させるだいべんさせる daibensaseru
Volitional代弁しようだいべんしよう daibenshiyou
Imperative代弁しろだいべんしろ daibenshiro
Conditional (~ba)代弁すればだいべんすれば daibensureba

Kanji in 代弁

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 代弁.

Source: JMdict entry 1412300 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.