重宝|ちょうほうchouhou[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. na-adjective, nounconvenient; useful; handy; helpful
   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.
2. noun, suru verb, transitive verbfinding useful; coming in handy; using often
3. noun(priceless) treasure

• Synonym便利べんりNeutralThe most general word for convenient, as in 「便利な道具」; 「重宝」 stresses that something actually proves handy in use and that you get real use out of it.
• Synonym便宜べんぎNeutralA noun for convenience or accommodation, as in 「便宜を図る」; found mostly in administrative and business contexts.
• Synonym利便りべんNeutralA noun for convenience as a quality, as in 「利便性が高い」; typical of talk about transport and facilities.
• SynonymコンビニエンスNeutralA loanword for convenience, seen mostly in 「コンビニエンスストア」; much narrower in use than 「重宝」.
• Synonym調法ちょうほうNeutralAnother way of writing the same idea: for something handy it swaps freely with 「重宝」. It also has a rare sense of exorcistic rites.
• Synonym至便しべんWrittenWritten/formal prose for extremely convenient, as in 「駅至便」; a fixture of real-estate ads rather than everyday speech.
• Related簡便かんべんNeutralMeans simple and convenient, as in 「簡便な方法」; it leans toward written/formal prose.
• Related好都合こうつごうNeutralSays circumstances are just right or expedient, as in 「好都合な条件」; it weighs timing and conditions, not a tool's handiness.
• Related軽便けいべんNeutralCovers light and easy to handle, often in fixed phrases like 「軽便鉄道」; 「重宝」 instead stresses how useful a thing proves in daily use.
• Related便益べんえきWrittenWritten/formal prose for convenience and benefit; rare, and not a casual substitute for 「重宝」.
• Antonym厄介やっかいNeutralThe opposite pole: troublesome and hard to deal with, where 「重宝」 marks something pleasant to use.
• Antonym無用むようNeutralUseless or unnecessary, the direct opposite of a 「重宝」 item you reach for again and again.

Use 「重宝」 for something that proves handy in use and that you come to value — 「重宝する道具」, 「重宝がられる」. For plain convenience say 「便利」; for the convenience of transport or facilities, 「利便性」; for something just right, 「好都合」. 「調法」 is an interchangeable spelling. The opposite is 「無用」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 大切たいせつな宝物たからもの。重要じゅうような物もの。
2. 珍重ちんちょうする。大事だいじにする。
3. 便利べんりで役やくに立たつ。よく用もちいる。
4. 便利べんりなさま。