Vocab Info
N1 Noun
契機opportunity, chance
Dictionary Definition
Noun
1.
opportunity, chance
Noun
2.
trigger, cause
All Forms
契機 【けいき】
Common・Uncommon
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き
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病気を契機にタバコをやめた。
I quit smoking using the illness as an opportunity. {opportunity, chance}
言論の弾圧を契機に市民が暴動を起こした。
The citizens started a riot, taking the oppression of free speech as an opportunity. {opportunity, chance}
作戦の失敗を契機にもう一度作戦を練り直しました。
We took the failure of the strategy as an opportunity to rework the strategy again. {opportunity, chance}
最愛の人が亡くなったのを契機に僕は出家をしてお坊さんになりました。
Following the death of my beloved, I took the opportunity to become a monk. {opportunity, chance}
記者:「何が契機となって選手を今シーズンで引退する事を決意したのですか?」
Reporter: "What was the opportunity that led you to decide to retire as a player after this season?" {opportunity, chance}
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