Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 の 便べん がいい the (transportation/access) convenience of a place is good
This station is popular because it's well-connected for transportation.
便べん が 出で る to have a bowel movement
Lately I've been having trouble having a bowel movement.
便べん を 採と る to collect a stool sample
Please collect a stool sample for the test.
Expressions 足あし の 便べん transportation access; convenience of access 交こう 通つう の 便べん transportation access; convenience of transport links 便べん を 図はか る provide facilities; make arrangements for convenience Kanji 便 convenience, facility, excrement Related words 便 describes the convenience of a service or facility (like transportation), while 都合 describes convenience in terms of one's schedule or circumstances.
大便 is the everyday, specific word for feces, while 便 is the more formal or clinical term used especially in medical contexts.
Don't confuse with 便利 is an na-adjective meaning 'convenient' and is used to describe things, whereas 便 is a noun meaning 'convenience' itself and appears mainly in compounds like 交通の便 .
便 (べん , convenience) is a homophone of 弁 (べん , speech/valve/petal) but is an unrelated kanji with a different meaning.
Word family· 51 convenient; handy; useful
constipation
inconvenient; unhandy
toilet bowl; urinal; chamber pot; bedpan
toilet; lavatory; restroom
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urine; pee; urination; to urinate · breaking a contract; backing out of a deal
convenience; advantage; expediency
toilet seat
simple; easy; convenient
means; expedient; instrument · upaya; skillful means
defecation; bowel movement
urge to defecate; urge to urinate; call of nature
feces; stool; excrement
feces; excrement; stool
convenience; benefit; profit
bloody stool; blood in stool
bowel movement; regularity of bowel movements
stool examination; fecal test
handy; convenient; simple; portable · narrow-gauge railway; light railway
very convenient; extremely handy
fecal stasis; coprostasis; retained feces
loose stool; soft stool
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; plain clothes
urination and bowel movement
protuberant; paunchy; bulging · idly; lazily; without purpose
flattery; adulation
night-soil vault; clay pot for collecting feces in an outhouse
everyday clothes; casual wear; ordinary clothes
feces collection tub; outhouse waste container
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Etymology The kanji 便 originally meant 'messenger' or 'convenience' in Chinese. The 'excreta' sense is a euphemistic extension, as bodily functions are a 'convenience'.
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