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jmdict 1652490 Active (id: 1982963)
用便
ようべん
1. [n,vs]
▶ relieving oneself
▶ going to the toilet
2. [n,vs]
▶ finishing one's business
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2836075 用弁 1. finishing one's business; settling an affair

Conjugations


History:
4. A 2018-06-20 11:59:21  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2018-06-17 11:39:25  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
"Call of nature" refers to the desire rather than the act.
  Diff:
@@ -13 +12,0 @@
-<gloss>call of nature</gloss>
@@ -14,0 +14 @@
+<gloss>going to the toilet</gloss>
2. A 2018-06-17 02:25:35  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
ルミナス
  Comments:
"easing nature" sounds wierd.
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>easing nature</gloss>
+<gloss>call of nature</gloss>
1. A* 2018-06-15 21:10:37  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daij, gg5
  Comments:
Added sense. Possibly [arch]. Daijr has an example from 1919, but this meaning isn't included in the JEs or meikyo.
  Diff:
@@ -13,2 +13,8 @@
-<gloss>defecation</gloss>
-<gloss>urination</gloss>
+<gloss>easing nature</gloss>
+<gloss>relieving oneself</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<pos>&vs;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="2836075">用弁</xref>
+<gloss>finishing one's business</gloss>

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