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便宜 (べんぎ, bengi) Japanese meaning: convenience | Kotomora
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程てい
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参さん
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便べん
宜ぎ
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考かんが
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The meeting schedule was decided with consideration for the participants' convenience.
This system was introduced to provide convenience for users.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 に 便べん 宜ぎ を 与あた える to grant someone a convenience or favor
We should avoid granting special favors to business partners.
便べん 宜ぎ を 受う ける to receive a favor or preferential treatment
He had received several favors from that company.
便べん 宜ぎ を 求もと める to request an accommodation or favorable arrangement
The foreign company requested favorable tax arrangements.
Expressions 便べん 宜ぎ を 図はか る accommodate; suit the convenience of; make arrangements for Kanji 便 convenience, facility, excrement Related words 便利 is a common everyday adjective for 'convenient' or 'handy', while 便宜 is a formal noun used in official or business contexts for a practical arrangement or advantage.
都合 usually refers to personal scheduling circumstances, whereas 便宜 refers to broader institutional or systemic convenience or favor.
優遇 specifically means favorable or preferential treatment given to someone, while 便宜 more broadly covers any practical convenience or advantageous arrangement.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound of 便 (convenience, facility) and 宜 (suitable, appropriate). The reading べんぎ is standard; びんぎ is an obsolete variant.
out-dated reading
Obsolete kana usage; not used in modern Japanese.
