How to say "convenient" in Japanese

• 便利べんりJLPT N5approx.Common
  na-adjectiveThe general-purpose word for 'convenient': handy, useful things, places, or arrangements that make daily life easier. If you are unsure which word fits, this is usually the one to reach for.
  電話でんわは便利べんりなものである。↗

  The telephone is a convenience.
• 重宝ちょうほうJLPT N1approx.Common
  na-adjective, nounHandy in the sense of proving genuinely useful in practice: something you come to rely on and value, often because it turns out to serve more purposes than one. The nuance includes appreciating that usefulness.
  車くるまは持もっていると重宝ちょうほうなものだ。↗

  A car is a handy thing to own.
• 手ごろてごろJLPT N2approx.Common
  na-adjective, nounCovers 'handy' when something's size, price, or amount is just right — easy to handle, afford, or reach — rather than when a thing is useful to own. Think of a manageable cost or a convenient size.
  この辞書じしょは大おおきさが手てごろだ。↗

  This dictionary is handy in size.
• 好都合こうつごうCommon
  na-adjective, nounConvenient said of circumstances, timing, or arrangements that favor you, not of objects. Since it can shade toward 'expedient', it sometimes implies a situation happens to suit your own purposes.
  天気てんきが暖あたたかくて我々われわれのピクニックに好都合こうつごうだった。↗

  Warm weather favored our picnic.
• 簡便かんべんCommon
  na-adjective, nounConvenience as simplicity: something easy and uncomplicated to do or use, so the emphasis falls on ease rather than on usefulness. Choose it when 'convenient' really means 'simple and hassle-free'.

Use 便利 for the general sense of handy and useful, 重宝 for things that prove their usefulness, 「手ごろ」 for handy sizes or prices, 好都合 for convenient circumstances or timing, and 簡便 when convenience means simple and easy.

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• 便利べんりconvenient
• 重宝ちょうほうconvenient
• 手ごろてごろhandy
• 好都合こうつごうconvenient
• 簡便かんべんsimple
• 調法ちょうほうconvenient
• 都合がよろしいつごうがよろしいconvenient
• 都合のいいつごうのいいconvenient
• 都合がいいつごうがいいconvenient
• 都合のよろしいつごうのよろしいconvenient
• 便宜的べんぎてきconvenient
• 軽便けいべんhandy
• きりがいいgood (place to leave off)
• きりのいいgood (place to leave off)
• 住みやすいすみやすいcomfortable to live in (of a neighborhood, etc.)
• 間がいいまがいいlucky
• 間のいいまのいいlucky
• おいしいattractive (offer, opportunity, etc.)
• おいちいattractive (offer, opportunity, etc.)