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Verb + の + を機に(して)
Noun + を機に(して)
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About を機に
When used as a noun, 機 ‘opportunity’ indicates a time that is being used as suitable chance to do something. It is slightly formal and will usually be translated as ‘on the occasion of (A), (B)’. However, due to this grammar point being a construction of the adverbial particle を, 機, and the case-marking particle に, it is indicating that the speaker is actively making use of the opportunity of (A)’. Due to this, it can be understood as ‘taking advantage of (A), (B)’, or ‘taking advantage of the time of (A), (B)’ on many occasions.
を機に will directly follow nouns marking (A), before going on to explain how that (A) was utilized as an opportunity.
を機に tends to be used most frequently when (B) is an action that the speaker is choosing to take primarily with (A) as the enabling factor, or being a good excuse.
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小説:「3ヶ月目にやっと病気が完治し、これを機に、入院後初めて退院することができた。」
Novel: 'In the third month, she was finally completely cured of her illness, and this opportunity allowed her to leave the hospital for the first time since hospitalization.'
伝記:「大学卒業を機に大阪へ移り、プログラミングの職を得ることができました。」
Biography: 'On the opportunity of graduation, I moved to Osaka and was able to land a programming job.'
演説:「今回の訪問を機に、より多くのアメリカ人が日本で働くことに興味を持つことを願っています。」
Speech: 'We hope that this visit will provide an opportunity for more Americans to be interested in working in Japan.'
小説:「結婚を機にたまひこは東京を離れ、千葉の町でゆずきとふたりの新生活を始じめた。」
Novel: 'On the opportunity of getting married, Tamahiko left Tokyo and started a new life with Yuzuki in the town of Chiba.'
伝記:「ひろしは56歳の時故郷へ戻ったのを機に、両親の墓参りに行った。」
Biography: 'When Hiroshi returned to his hometown at the age of 56, he took the opportunity to visit his parent's graves.'
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