JLPT N5 · な-adjective

便利 (benri)

便利 (べんり, benri) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “convenient; handy”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: べんり
Romaji: benri
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

convenient; handy; useful · な-adjective

Example sentences

電話は便利なものである。

The telephone is a convenience.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 便利

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	便利だ	べんりだ benrida
Present (polite)	便利です	べんりです benridesu
Negative	便利じゃない	べんりじゃない benrijanai
Past	便利だった	べんりだった benridatta
Negative past	便利じゃなかった	べんりじゃなかった benrijanakatta
Te-form	便利で	べんりで benride
Before a noun	便利な	べんりな benrina
Adverb (~ni)	便利に	べんりに benrini

Kanji in 便利

便

convenience, facility, excrementベン・ビン・たよ.り · 9 strokes

利

profit, advantage, benefitリ・き.く · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 便利.

郵便局ゆうびんきょくpost office不便ふべんinconvenience便びんflight (e.g. airline flight)郵便ゆうびんmail service便りたよりnews小便しょうべんurine便箋びんせんwriting paper船便ふなびんsurface mail (by ship)便所べんじょtoilet大便だいべんfeces便宜べんぎconvenience利用りようuse権利けんりright有利ゆうりadvantageous

Source: JMdict entry 1512610 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.