定てい期き便びん

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Common word

Meanings

noun

regular service; scheduled service

Refers to transportation or delivery services that operate on a fixed schedule, such as flights, buses, ferries, or mail delivery.

この港みなとには週しゅうに二に回かい、定てい期き便びんが入はいる。
A regular service calls at this port twice a week.
離り島とうへの定てい期き便びんは一いち日にち一いち便びんだけだ。
There is only one scheduled service per day to the remote island.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉行ゆきの定てい期き便びんa scheduled service bound for 〈place〉
この空くう港こうからは大おお阪さか行ゆきの定てい期き便びんが毎まい日にち出でている。
There is a daily scheduled flight from this airport to Osaka.
〈場ば所しょ〉と〈場ば所しょ〉を結むすぶ定てい期き便びんa scheduled service connecting 〈place〉 and 〈place〉
この島しまと本ほん土どを結むすぶ定てい期き便びんは一いち日にちに三さん本ぼんある。
There are three scheduled services a day connecting this island to the mainland.
定てい期き便びんが就しゅう航こうするa scheduled service is put into operation
来らい月げつから新あたらしい定てい期き便びんが就しゅう航こうする予よ定ていだ。
A new scheduled service is set to begin operating next month.

Kanji

定determine, fix, establish
期period, time, date
便convenience, facility, excrement

Related words

定てい期き船せん
定期船 refers specifically to a regularly scheduled ship or ferry service, while 定期便 is the general term covering any mode of transport or delivery on a fixed schedule.

Opposites

臨りん時じ便びん
定期便 is a service that runs on a fixed, regular schedule, whereas 臨時便 is a special or extra service added outside the normal schedule.

Don't confuse with

定てい期きN3
定期 broadly means 'regular' or 'fixed period' (as in 定期券, a commuter pass), while 定期便 specifically means a scheduled transport or delivery service.

Word family

年ねん金きん定てい期き便びん
pension coverage letter

Built from

定てい期き+便びん

Etymology

Compound of 定期 (ていき, 'regular, fixed period') and 便 (びん, 'service, mail, flight'). The term is straightforward and modern, with no obscure historical derivation.