Illustration: An open door reveals the compact toilet room of an older Japanese home. A ceramic toilet with its lid raised occupies the center, with a toilet-paper holder fixed beside it and a small handwashing basin above the cistern. Dedicated toilet slippers sit just inside the threshold.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

便べん所じょ

benjo

toilet

トイレ is more common in everyday speech. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 生徒せいとはこの便所べんじょを使つかってはならない。

    Students must not use this toilet.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 授業じゅぎょうが終おわった瞬間しゅんかんに便所べんじょへダッシュ。

    The second that class is over, I’m sprinting to the bathroom.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 便所べんじょは駅前広場えきまえひろばに設置せっちされている。

    A toilet is located on the square in front of the station.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 便所

  • 便convenience; facilityOnベン・ビンKunたより
  • 所place; extentOnショKunところ・どころ・とこ

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