How to say "convenience" in Japanese

• 都合つごうJLPT N4approx.Common
  nounCovers 'convenience' in the sense of circumstances and what suits one's situation or schedule. Often used when arranging or declining something: whether a time is convenient depends on one's 都合.
  何時いつがご都合つごうよいでしょうか。↗

  What time will be right for you?
• 利便りべんCommon
  na-adjective, nounA formal, written-style word for convenience as a benefit or ease of use, typically in business or administrative prose, as in discussions of 利便 in services or infrastructure.
• 便宜べんぎJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounRefers to convenience in the sense of accommodation or advantage provided to someone, especially in formal, bureaucratic, or business contexts such as granting someone a measure of 便宜.
  テレビはスポーツファンに一層いっそう大おおきな便宜べんぎを与あたえる、という長所ちょうしょを持もっている。↗

  Television has the advantage of providing sports fans with greater convenience.
• コンビニエンスCommon
  nounA loanword used almost entirely within fixed borrowed expressions, most famously in the name of convenience stores. Rarely the word you want for 'convenience' on its own.
• 便利さべんりさCommon
  nounThe most direct choice for 'convenience' as the quality of being handy or useful, describing how convenient a tool, location, or system is. The natural word for rating ease of use.
  駅えきの傍かたわらに住すむ便利べんりさに対たいしてあなたはお金かねを払はらっているのです。↗

  You pay for the convenience of living near a station.

Choose 「便利さ」 for how useful or handy something is, 都合 for favorable circumstances or timing, and 利便, 便宜, or 「コンビニエンス」 for formal, businesslike, or loanword contexts.

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• 都合つごうcircumstances
• 利便りべんconvenience
• 便宜べんぎconvenience
• コンビニエンスconvenience
• 便利さべんりさconvenience
• 便べんconvenience
• 便益べんえきconvenience
• 利便性りべんせいconvenience
• 使い勝手つかいがってease of use
• 勝手かってconvenience
• 利器りきconvenience
• 御方便ごほうべんconvenience