ほうべん

ほうべん
[方便] *means
(複means)[単数・複数扱い]〔…する/…の〕方法, 方便, 手段〔to do/offorto
*resource
【C】《正式》[通例 ~s] (まさかの時の)手段, 算段, 方策.
¶→方便的な
方便
expedient
means
instrument
* * *
ほうべん【方便】
*means
(複means)[単数・複数扱い]〔…する/…の〕方法, 方便, 手段〔to do/offorto
*resource
〖C〗《正式》[通例 ~s] (まさかの時の)手段, 算段, 方策.
¶ → 方便的な
* * *
I
ほうべん【方便】
〔便宜的手段〕 an expedient; a shift; a means 《単複同形》; an instrumentality; an agency.

●一時の方便 a temporary expedient; a makeshift; a stopgap; a makeshift [stopgap] measure

・目的を果たすための方便 a means to an end

・仏の方便 a means taken by Buddha to lead people to accept his teaching.

方便に, 方便として as an [a justifiable] expedient

・方便に使われる be used as an instrument; be made a cat's-paw of

・それは彼らを正当化するための方便に過ぎない. That's only an expedient to justify them, that's all.

方便のうそ a pious fraud [device, lie, falsehood]; a white lie.

●うそも方便. A lie is sometimes a justifiable expedient. | Circumstances may justify a lie.

II
ほうべん【放免】

Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.

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