Meaning
便乗 (びんじょう, binjou) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “taking advantage of, hitching a ride”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 10
韓国ブームに便乗して韓国語を習い始めた
Taking advantage of the boom in interest in South Korea, I started to learn Korean.
彼らは映画の人気に便乗したいと考えている。
They want to capitalize on the movie’s fame.
韓流ドラマブームに便乗して、韓国の製品を売る業者が増えた。
Taking advantage of the popular boom in Korean drama, workers selling Korean goods have increased.
天保頃までの箏の発展も、主にそこに便乗し合奏する形で進んだ。
Moreover, Sokyoku developed until around Tenpo era, mainly by jumping on the shamisen bandwagon or, in other words, by participating in Jiuta.
この時も国禁を犯し、日本の遣唐使船に便乗しての渡航であった。
On this occasion, he also had to break a ban on entering the country for his journey on board a Kentoshi Ship from Japan.
三曲合奏に参入する時も結局尺八が地歌、箏曲に便乗する形になった。
When sankyoku gasso was orchestrated, ultimately it was the side of the shakuhachi that participated in Jiuta and Sokyoku.
他にも日本の禅僧が貿易船に便乗して中国大陸に渡り修行する例もあった。
Also, there were cases of Japanese Zen monks to hitch rides on merchant ships and migrate to the Chinese continent to undergo training.
元の天暦(元)2年（日本では元徳元年、1329年）5月、商船に便乗して博多へ帰朝。
He took passage in a merchant ship and came back to Hakata, Japan in May 1329.
また江戸末期以降、それまで地歌に便乗する形で発展して来た箏曲が、今度は先に立って発展した。
Furthermore, after the late Edo period sokyoku, which until this point had developed as an addition to jiuta, began to surpass jiuta.
2007年頃からは便乗する形でロールケーキを「恵方巻き（恵方ロール）」として販売するケースまでも出てきている。
From around 2007, there was even the case of selling a Swiss roll as 'ehomaki [eho roll],' by taking advantage of real ehomaki.