convenience; service; facility
Refers to something that makes life easier, such as a useful service, amenity, or practical advantage. Often used in compounds like 交通の便 (transportation convenience).
Medical or formal term for bodily waste, especially feces. In everyday conversation, more common words like うんち or 大便 are used.
健康診断で便の検査をしました。
I had a stool test at my health checkup.
This station is popular because it's well-connected for transportation.
This apartment is close to the station and has good transportation access.
図書館は学生にとって大きな便を提供している。
The library provides a great convenience for students.
Lately I've been having trouble having a bowel movement.
Please collect a stool sample for the test.
大便 is the everyday, specific word for feces, while 便 is the more formal or clinical term used especially in medical contexts.
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.
convenient; handy; useful
constipation
inconvenient; unhandy
toilet bowl; urinal; chamber pot; bedpan
toilet; lavatory; restroom
The kanji 便 originally meant 'messenger' or 'convenience' in Chinese. The 'excreta' sense is a euphemistic extension, as bodily functions are a 'convenience'.
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