重ちょう宝ほう

na-adjective, noun

convenient; useful; handy

Only with reading ちょうほう

Na-adjective use, normally read ちょうほう. Often describes an object, tool, feature, or piece of information that is practically useful in a situation.

• この小ちいさなライトは停てい電でんのときに重ちょう宝ほうだ。

  This small light is handy during a power outage.

• 一人ひとり暮ぐらしには重ちょう宝ほうな調ちょう理り器き具ぐです。

  It is a useful cooking tool for living alone.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

find useful; come in handy; use often

Only with reading ちょうほう

Suru-verb use, normally read ちょうほうする. It often means that the speaker finds something useful and keeps using it, not merely that the thing is objectively convenient.

• この辞じ書しょを仕し事ごとで重ちょう宝ほうしている。

  I find this dictionary useful at work.

• 折おりたたみ傘がさは旅りょ行こう中ちゅうに重ちょう宝ほうした。

  The folding umbrella came in handy during the trip.

noun

valuable treasure; priceless object

Noun use for a treasured or precious object. This is much less common than the everyday ちょうほう meaning 'useful'; the reading じゅうほう is especially associated with this treasure sense.

• 寺てらに伝つたわる重じゅう宝ほうが特とく別べつに公こう開かいされた。

  A treasured object handed down at the temple was put on special display.