便利さ|べんりさbenrisa

Common
Definitions
  1. nounconvenience; handiness; usefulness
    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.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym便利べんりNeutral「便利」 is the everyday adjective for convenient and the most common word of all; 「便利さ」 is its noun form, focusing on the degree of convenience.
  • Synonym便宜べんぎWrittenWritten/formal word for convenience as an accommodation; it centers on helping someone out, as in 「便宜を図る」.
  • Synonym利便りべんWrittenWritten/formal term for convenience with an administrative flavor, mostly seen as 「利便性」, e.g. 「利便性の向上」.
  • SynonymコンビニエンスNeutralLoanword for convenience; in practice used almost only in 「コンビニエンスストア」.
  • Synonym好都合こうつごうNeutralSays a situation or condition is just right or works in your favor, as in 「好都合な時間」; 「便利さ」 is about ease of use.
  • Synonym重宝ちょうほうNeutralMeans handy and useful, stressing something you use often and find practical, as in 「重宝する道具」.
  • Synonym至便しべんWrittenWritten/formal term for extreme convenience, mainly for transport, locations and facilities, as in 「駅至便」; 「便利さ」 is general convenience.
  • Related簡便かんべんNeutralMeans simple and handy; stresses that doing or operating something is easy, as in 「簡便な手続き」.
  • Related便益べんえきWrittenWritten/formal term for benefit or profit with an economics flavor, as in 「費用便益」.
  • Related軽便けいべんWrittenWritten/formal and somewhat dated word for light and handy; also appears in 「軽便鉄道」 (light railway).
  • Antonym不便さNeutralThe antonym: inconvenience, the direct opposite of 「便利さ」.

Use 「便利さ」 for the degree of convenience, as in 「便利さを追求する」. To say something is convenient, use 「便利」; in administrative writing 「利便性」, for accommodating someone 「便宜」, in property ads 「至便」. The opposite is 「不便さ」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 何なんかをするときに、手間てまがかからず、役やくに立たつ様子ようす。
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