Kanji1 / 9
便 kanji
convenience, facility, excrement, feces, letter, chance
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
ベンビン
Kun readings
たより
Words with 便
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —立ち小便urinating outdoors; urinating by the roadside
- —交通の便transportation access; access to (public) transportation; convenience of access (by road or rail); transport links
- —便を図るto provide facilities; to administer to the convenience of
- —阿諛便佞flattery; adulation; sycophancy
- —快食快便good appetite and good bowel movements; enjoying one's food and having regular stools
- —簡易軽便simple, easy, and convenient
- —嘘も方便the end justifies the means; circumstances may justify a lie
- —便宜結婚marriage for convenience
- —小便臭いstinking of urine; childish; immature; inexperienced
- —仮設便所portable toilet; porta-potty; portaloo
- —洋式便器Western-style toilet
- —便利使いusing without consideration for others; using (another person, etc.) in a way that's convenient to oneself (but detrimental to the person, thing etc. being used); using in a reckless manner
- —便秘解消constipation relief
- —小便をするto urinate; to pee; to piss
- —便宜を図るto suit the convenience of; to accommodate
- —便宜置籍船flag-of-convenience ship; ship flying a flag of convenience
- —水洗式便所flush toilet
- —便便だらりidly; sluggishly; aimlessly; to no purpose
- —費用便益比cost-benefit ratio
- —便潜血検査fecal occult blood test; FOBT