抗弁
kouben
plea / defense
N1
How to remember this word
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Example sentence
被告側は契約無効を抗弁しました。
ひこくがわ は けいやく むこう を こうべん しました。
hikokugawa wa keiyaku mukou o kouben shimashita.
The defense pleaded that the contract was invalid.