Vocab Info

N1 Noun

契機(けいき)opportunity, chance

    Dictionary Definition

    Common
    1. Noun

      1.

      opportunity, chance

    2. Noun

      2.

      trigger, cause

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    契機 【けいき】

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      病気(びょうき)契機(けいき)にタバコをやめた。

      I quit smoking, using my illness as my opprotunity.

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      言論(げんろん)弾圧(だんあつ)契機(けいき)市民(しみん)暴動(ぼうどう)()こした。

      A crackdown on free speech became an opprotunity for a citizen uprising.

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      作戦(さくせん)失敗(しっぱい)契機(けいき)にもう一度(いちど)作戦(さくせん)()(なお)しました。

      The failure of our strategy was a chance to go back to the drawing board.

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      最愛(さいあい)(ひと)()くなったのを契機(けいき)(ぼく)出家(しゅっけ)をしてお(ぼう)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.

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      記者(きしゃ):「(なに)契機(けいき)となって選手(せんしゅ)(こん)シーズンで引退(いんたい)する(こと)決意(けつい)したのですか?」

      Reporter: 'What was the trigger that led to you to retire after this season?'

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