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Benri always wins "Benri" gets translated as "useful" or "convenient", but it really has more moral force than those words do in English. In the post-war economy-is-everything society, the word "benri" as a justification for action needs no further explanation. e.g. "Why did they tear down...

The last old cherry tree in my neighborhood has been cut down so that the owner can park her car two meters nearer to her house than before. It means that yet another beautiful Japanese sight has been sacrificed to the true god of Japan: BENRI. It has been a sad theme of my sixteen years here...