Vocab Info
N1 Noun
契機opportunity, chance
Dictionary Definition
Common
Noun
1.
opportunity, chance
Noun
2.
trigger, cause
All Forms
契機 【けいき】
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病気を契機にタバコをやめた。
I quit smoking, using my illness as my opprotunity.
言論の弾圧を契機に市民が暴動を起こした。
A crackdown on free speech became an opprotunity for a citizen uprising.
作戦の失敗を契機にもう一度作戦を練り直しました。
The failure of our strategy was a chance to go back to the drawing board.
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。
Losing my loved one became the trigger for me to leave everything behind and become a monk.
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 trigger that led to you to retire after this season?'
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