便 器(べんき)

べんき

noun

toilet bowl

1. toilet bowl; toilet fixture

The plumbing fixture itself, as distinct from the room it sits in. Used in cleaning, shopping, and technical contexts rather than everyday conversation about using the bathroom.

便器(べんき)を掃除(そうじ)した。

I cleaned the toilet bowl.

日本(にほん)の便器(べんき)は機能(きのう)が充実(じゅうじつ)している。

Japanese toilets have many features.

和式(わしき)便器(べんき)は最近(さいきん)少(すく)なくなった。

Japanese-style squat toilets have become rare recently.

新(あたら)しい便器(べんき)に取(と)り替(か)えたら、水道(すいどう)代(だい)が安(やす)くなった。

After replacing the toilet with a new one, the water bill went down.

日本(にほん)の便器(べんき)は温水(おんすい)洗浄(せんじょう)や暖房(だんぼう)便座(べんざ)など、いろいろな機能(きのう)がついていて外国人(がいこくじん)に驚(おどろ)かれる。

Japanese toilets, with features like warm water washing and heated seats, amaze foreigners.

Watch out

便器(べんき) is the fixture itself. The room, and "going to the toilet", is トイレ (or the blunt 便所(べんじょ)): トイレに行(い)く, never 便器(べんき)に行(い)く.

Types

洋式(ようしき)便器(べんき): Western-style (sit-down) toilet
和式(わしき)便器(べんき): Japanese-style squat toilet

Related words

便座(べんざ): toilet seat; 温水(おんすい)洗浄(せんじょう)便座(べんざ) is a bidet seat, 暖房(だんぼう)便座(べんざ) a heated seat
流(なが)す: to flush

Cultural note

Japanese toilets are known for their built-in features: bidet seats, heated seats, and sound-masking devices such as 音姫(おとひめ).

Related Words

Related: 便座(べんざ) (toilet seat)

Related: 流(なが)す (to flush)

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Added 2026.1.15 3:57 · Revised 2026.9.30 1:25

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