方便

ほうべん

Meanings

1. Noun means; expedient; instrument
2. upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)

Kanji

• 方 direction. Read as ホウ.
• 便 convenience. Read as ベン.

Example sentences

• 嘘も方便。
  The end justifies the means.
• 諺にある通り「嘘も方便」だ。
  As the proverb goes, "The end justifies the means."
• 嘘も方便って、言うでしょ？
  It's said that 'the ends justify the means', right?

Words containing 方便

• 嘘も方便 (うそもほうべん) the end justifies the means
• 御方便 (ごほうべん) upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)

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