不ふ便べん

ふ

べ

ん

Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

Describes a situation, place, or thing that is not convenient or practical. Often used with な to modify nouns, or as a noun itself. Antonym: 便利 (convenient).

Antonyms: 便利

この駅えきはエレベーターがなくて

不ふ

便べん

だ

。

This station is inconvenient because it has no elevator.

不ふ便べんな場ば所しょにある店みせは客きゃくが少すくない。

Shops in inconvenient locations have few customers.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉が不ふ便べんだa place is inconvenient (e.g. hard to access)
この辺あたりは電でん車しゃがなくて不ふ便べんだ。
This area is inconvenient because there's no train.
不ふ便べんを感かんじるto feel/experience inconvenience
車くるまがないと不ふ便べんを感かんじることが多おおい。
Without a car, I often feel it's inconvenient.
不ふ便べんを解かい消しょうするto resolve/eliminate an inconvenience
新あたらしいアプリでその不ふ便べんを解かい消しょうした。
The new app resolved that inconvenience.
不ふ便べんな生せい活かつan inconvenient lifestyle
田舎いなかでの不ふ便べんな生せい活かつにも慣なれてきた。
I've gotten used to the inconvenient lifestyle in the countryside.

Kanji

不negative, non-, bad
便convenience, facility, excrement

Related words

不ふ自じ由ゆうN3
不自由 emphasizes a lack of freedom or ability (e.g. physical or financial restriction), while 不便 simply means something is impractical or inconvenient to use.
不ふ都つ合ごうN1
不便 focuses on practical lack of convenience, such as a place being hard to reach, while 不都合 also covers unfavorable circumstances and improper conduct.
都つ合ごうが悪わるいN5
不便 describes a general, objective lack of convenience (e.g. poor facilities or access), whereas 都合が悪い is personal, referring to one's own schedule or circumstances.

Opposites· 5

便べん利りN5
convenient; handy; useful
コンビニエンス
不便 means inconvenience, the direct opposite of コンビニエンス's sense of convenience.
重ちょう宝ほうN1
不便 means 'inconvenient', the direct opposite of 重宝 in its 'convenient/useful' sense.

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Don't confuse with

不ふ備びN1
不便 means 'inconvenient' while 不備 means 'deficient/incomplete'; the similar 不〜 form can mislead learners despite the unrelated meanings.
不ふ憫びんN1
不憫 (ふびん, pitiful) and 不便 (ふべん, inconvenient) sound and look similar but mean completely different things.

Etymology

Compound of 不 (fu, 'not') and 便 (ben, 'convenience'). The reading ふべん follows standard on'yomi patterns.

利り便べん

不便 means 'inconvenient', the direct opposite of the convenience expressed by 利便.

便べん利りさ

不便 (na-adjective, 'inconvenient') is the direct opposite in meaning to the convenience described by 便利さ.